Survey shows Ohio voters oppose higher taxes; favor cuts in government spending
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Survey shows Ohio voters oppose higher taxes; favor cuts in government spending
A new report by The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions shows a majority of Ohio's registered voters surveyed prefer reductions in government spending to higher taxes.
The survey, conducted by Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, is available online at www.buckeyeinstitute.org (click on Reports).
The survey was conducted July 19 and has a margin of error of +/‐ 2.31 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval.
When voters were asked about Ohio’s $8 billion budget deficit, 50 percent responded that best solution to balance Ohio’s deficit was reducing compensation packages of government workers. The next highest response was 27 percent who favored cutting government services. Only 16 percent of voters surveyed approved of increasing taxes, and 7 percent offered no opinion.
When asked for their second option for balancing the budget, 45 percent said reducing government services and 35 percent said cutting government compensation packages.
In other areas of the survey:
* Fifty-two percent of respondents said they think Ohio's state and local taxes are too high.
pan>* Fifty-six percent said Ohio’s regulatory environment makes it harder for businesses to create jobs and expand.
The full survey is available online at www.buckeyeinstitute.com.
A new report by The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions shows a majority of Ohio's registered voters surveyed prefer reductions in government spending to higher taxes.
The survey, conducted by Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies, is available online at www.buckeyeinstitute.org (click on Reports).
The survey was conducted July 19 and has a margin of error of +/‐ 2.31 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval.
When voters were asked about Ohio’s $8 billion budget deficit, 50 percent responded that best solution to balance Ohio’s deficit was reducing compensation packages of government workers. The next highest response was 27 percent who favored cutting government services. Only 16 percent of voters surveyed approved of increasing taxes, and 7 percent offered no opinion.
When asked for their second option for balancing the budget, 45 percent said reducing government services and 35 percent said cutting government compensation packages.
In other areas of the survey:
* Fifty-two percent of respondents said they think Ohio's state and local taxes are too high.
* Fifty-six percent said Ohio’s regulatory environment makes it harder for businesses to create jobs and expand.
The full survey is available online at www.buckeyeinstitute.org.
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