Poll: 56 Percent Think Romney Should Release Tax Returns For Last 12 Years (updated)

[ProSense]

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Poll: 56 Percent Think Romney Should Release Tax Returns For Last 12 Years

A strong majority of voters believe Mitt Romney should take a cue from his father when it comes to releasing his tax returns, a new poll released Tuesday shows.

The latest survey conducted by Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) on behalf of Daily Kos and SEIU shows that 56 percent of American voters believe Romney should release his tax returns for the last 12 years, compared with only 34 percent who believe he should not.

George Romney, the late former governor of Michigan and father of the presumptive Republican nominee, released 12 years’ worth of his tax returns when he ran for president in 1968, famously quipping that “one year could be a fluke.”

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/poll-56-percent-think-romney-should-release-tax

Given that Mitt invoked John Kerry, he should release 20 years.

Updated to add:

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There's a partisan skew to these numbers, of course, with Democrats overwhelmingly favoring disclosure and Republicans opposing it. But as David Axelrod points out, the poll shows that independents are squarely on the side of releasing the documents:

Independents think Romney should release 12 years of returns by a 61/27 http://t.co/HwtRkyri ...
What the heck is stopping them?
— @davidaxelrod via Twitter for iPhone

Moderates also favor disclosure by a wide margin, 65 percent to 25 percent.

One very interesting note is that the income group most supportive of disclosure were people earning over $100,000 per year. The sample size there is pretty small, but at the very least it's a reminder that this isn't a "class warfare" issue. This is about disclosure versus secrecy.

We also asked whether voters thought Mitt Romney should release documents about his overseas investments in places like Switzerland and Bermuda. A similar margin—56 percent to 36 percent—favored disclosure.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/17/1110866/-Daily-Kos-SEIU-State-of-the-Nation-poll-Voters-say-Romney-should-disclose-12-years-of-tax-returns

[BlueJazz]

1. In all fairness to Mitt Romney, I think the man has a fairly good excuse.

"My dog ate them".

[Spazito]

2. Ahhh, so it was the tax returns that made poor Seamus shit all over...

the top of the car!

They are SO bad they even gave the poor dog the runs!

[ProSense]

7. Nope:

Breaking: Romney Campaign Runs Out of Whole Cloth; Homework-Eating-Dog Supply Also Threatened
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/16/1110463/-Breaking-Romney-Campaign-Runs-Out-of-Whole-Cloth-Homework-Eating-Dog-Supply-Also-Threatened

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. I wasn't polled, but count me among the majority.

[ProSense]

6. Me too. n/t

[dkf]

4. If he thinks he can get away with not releasing them the man is more stupid than a bag of rocks.

I'm beginning to think fixing the Utah Olympics was a fluke for Romney.

[Dawgs]

5. And 100% of the 34% thought Obama should have released his birth certificate.

These people are fucking crazy.