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Friday, July 15, 2011

Rasmussen: 55% Oppose Tax Hike In Debt-Ceiling Deal

More than half — 55 percent — of likely voters say a tax hike should not be included in legislation to raise the debt ceiling, while just 34 percent believe it should, according to Rasmussen Reports.

There is a huge partisan divide on the issue: 58 percent of Democrats want a tax hike in the deal while 82 percent of Republicans do not, Rasmussen says of a July 12-13 national telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 35 percent favor a tax hike and 51 percent are opposed.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Rassmussen must be mistaken. I just saw on the news that president hussien said 80% of us would approve. The president wouldn't say something that wasn't true, would he?