Business funded poll has some otherwise predictable results

by Brian Leubitz

The business roundtable is pretty much exactly what you would think it is: a business, right-leaning group that wants lower taxes and job growth.  So, it is no surprise that in their recent poll, almost 79% of Californians think taxes are too high. Now, there are a lot of ways to ask that question, and the results are somewhat confusing considering a strong majority voted for Prop 30 to raise taxes.

But some of the other data is more useful, including some evidence of support for the Governor’s education agenda:

* 54.5%, including 68.3% of Latinos support the governor’s proposed education funding plan to allocate additional money to school districts with higher populations of high-needs students;

* 56.4% support the Governor’s current budget proposal to send an additional $2.9 billion to California schools, including $1 billion in one-time funding to help schools implement recently adopted academic standards. (CBRT)

Now, I think this poll is best viewed in a larger context of other data, and that will come soon enough. However, for now, the Governor appears to be on the right track.