Support or oppose allowing local-option taxes
Full Question Text
Whether or not you think the current system is broken, to what extent would you support or oppose changing the system of funding local government in Michigan by allowing local governments to raise revenues through local-option taxes (e.g., sales, gas, hotel taxes, etc.)?
| % within Jurisdiction Type | ||||||
| Jurisdiction Type | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Township | City | Village | |||
| Whether or not you think the current system is broken, to what extent would you support or oppose changing the system of funding local government in Michigan by allowing local governments to raise revenues through local-option taxes (e.g., sales, gas, hotel taxes, etc.)? | Strongly Support | 21% | 3% | 26% | 7% | 8% |
| Somewhat Support | 40% | 23% | 38% | 23% | 26% | |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 18% | 31% | 17% | 32% | 28% | |
| Somewhat Oppose | 8% | 17% | 10% | 15% | 15% | |
| Strongly Oppose | 9% | 12% | 5% | 9% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 5% | 13% | 4% | 15% | 11% | |
| % within Population Size | |||||||
| Population Size | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | |||
| Whether or not you think the current system is broken, to what extent would you support or oppose changing the system of funding local government in Michigan by allowing local governments to raise revenues through local-option taxes (e.g., sales, gas, hotel taxes, etc.)? | Strongly Support | 2% | 6% | 12% | 21% | 29% | 8% |
| Somewhat Support | 23% | 25% | 29% | 39% | 36% | 26% | |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 31% | 28% | 32% | 19% | 15% | 28% | |
| Somewhat Oppose | 16% | 17% | 16% | 9% | 5% | 15% | |
| Strongly Oppose | 11% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 12% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 17% | 11% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 11% | |
| % within Region of Michigan | ||||||||
| Region of Michigan | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | |||
| Whether or not you think the current system is broken, to what extent would you support or oppose changing the system of funding local government in Michigan by allowing local governments to raise revenues through local-option taxes (e.g., sales, gas, hotel taxes, etc.)? | Strongly Support | 9% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 8% |
| Somewhat Support | 28% | 28% | 24% | 26% | 27% | 26% | 26% | |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 32% | 30% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 28% | |
| Somewhat Oppose | 14% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 13% | 16% | 15% | |
| Strongly Oppose | 9% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 11% | |
| Don't Know | 9% | 9% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 11% | |