NEW POLL: Yes on Prop 3 Leads with California Voters Ahead of November Election

SACRAMENTO, CA – A new PPIC Statewide Survey released today shows Yes on Prop 3 leading 58-40 among California likely voters ahead of the November 3 election. Yes on Prop 3 keeps existing tax rates in place for the wealthiest two percent of Californians with strict accountability to ensure every dollar goes to funding classrooms, not Sacramento politicians.

“Voters are sending a clear message, that the wealthiest Californians should keep paying their fair share so our students have fully funded schools and our families can get the care they need,” said David Goldberg, President of the California Teachers Association. “With seven weeks to go, we’re taking nothing for granted. Our campaign will be talking to voters every single day until the polls close on November 3.”

Yes on Prop 3 will go into early voting with the highest name ID among Democrats, leading a pack of fourteen total measures on the ballot; and among all likely voters it’s second only to the state’s voter ID initiative.

Seventy percent of California voters say the state is divided between “haves” and “have-nots,” and the same share of voters are dissatisfied with the availability of affordable health care. In another PPIC poll earlier this year, sixty-one percent of adults and likely voters favored the wealthy paying their fair share to help reduce the gap between spending and revenues. 

Yes on Prop 3 does not raise taxes on anyone, the measure would make permanent an existing tax on the wealthiest two percent of income earners in the state – generating an average of $10 billion each year to meet the state’s education funding commitment, and freeing up billions in the budget to fund Medi-Cal and other vital safety net programs.

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