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Related: About this forumRepublican voters prefer Elizabeth Warren's tax plan to Trump's, new poll shows
October 15, 2019
Republican voters say they prefer more progressive tax plans, at least when the plans are anonymous, a new poll from a progressive think tank shows.
Data for Progress, whose goal is to "show how a progressive agenda can win nationwide," worked in tandem with YouGov Blue to conduct a survey which pitted the tax plans of President Trump, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) against one another. Those polled were presented with a graph that showed prospective income tax rates for people of different incomes under each plan, but the candidates' names were nowhere to be seen.
Per the poll, Warren's plan which would aggressively tax the wealthy at higher rates than lower-income people was the most popular and considered the fairest overall, even among Republican voters, 35 percent of whom preferred Warren's compared to 29 percent who favored Trump's regressive tax rate ...
https://theweek.com/speedreads/871954/republican-voters-prefer-elizabeth-warrens-tax-plan-trumps-new-poll-shows
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bucolic_frolic
(42,663 posts)this means little politically, but a lot psychologically. They removed the hatred by hiding the identity of the tax plan. But we live in the real world. They'll be all the more angry because they will feel stupid because they were duped.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DrToast
(6,414 posts)Unfortunate but true.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blm
(112,919 posts)Trump voters who say they wont vote for him again, this could be a solid development.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided