POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook:Strong support for TAX questions — KINGSTON’s ad blitz — STEIN’s disappearing millions
Strong support for TAX questions — KINGSTON’s ad blitz — STEIN’s disappearing millions 05/31/2018 06:59 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) BACKING FOR TAX BALLOT QUESTIONS — A new poll out this morning shows a majority of registered Massachusetts voters back two key potential ballot questions: the so-called millionaires tax and the sales tax reduction. The WBUR/MassINC Polling Group poll finds 77 percent support for the millionaires tax (57 percent of which is strong support), and 67 percent support for reducing the sales tax from the current 6.25 percent level to 5 percent — plus a permanent sales tax holiday. Of those polled on the sales tax reduction, 48 percent strongly support the measure. Both numbers are essentially unchanged from a Nov. 17 poll. But despite the solid support, there's a chance these questions won't even make it to the ballot. ...
