Republicans Are Split On Raising Taxes On The Wealthy
Ben, you’re right that these tax plans would benefit the wealthiest Americans. But that won’t alienate most Republican primary voters. In a Pew poll released earlier this month, just 31 percent of possible Republican primary voters said that they would be more likely to support a candidate who wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. And 34 percent said they would be less likely to support a candidate who wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. The divide does fall along ideological lines: At 39 percent, liberal Republican voters are more likely than conservative Republican voters (27 percent) to fall in the former category.