Jerry Brown tax measure has slim majority in poll
Gov. Jerry Brown appears to face an uphill battle persuading Californians to approve his temporary tax hikes after a poll released Wednesday found that only a slight majority of likely voters back the Democrat's ballot measure.
The poll by the Public Policy Institute of California comes only weeks after an earlier poll by the same group showed likely voters supporting the governor's tax plan by a two-thirds majority.
This time, however, respondents were read the title and summary that would appear on the November ballot before they were asked whether they would support Brown's measure. Just over half of respondents - 52 percent - said they would vote for the measure, 40 percent said they would vote no, and 8 percent were undecided.
The support and opposition broke down along party lines, with 71 percent of Democratic voters backing Brown's plan, 65 percent of Republicans saying they will vote no and independent voters split, with 49 percent in support and 41 percent opposed.
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