DC Voters Support Raising Taxes

A supermajority of DC voters support raising taxes to fund the District’s long-term economic recovery, a 2024 poll from the DC Fiscal Policy Institute shows.

There was an overwhelming majority of support for each of the following proposals:

  • Creating a local Child Tax Credit for low- and middle-income families, +72 margin

  • Enacting a Business Activity Tax, +60 margin

  • Raising taxes on households with incomes exceeding $1 million, +59 margin

  • Raising taxes on properties that have a taxable value above $1.5 million, +40 margin

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