The FIU/Florida Poll is a statewide survey of 1,200 Florida
residents done by SJMC’s Institute for Public Opinion Research
(IPOR) every year from 1988 to 2004. The 2004 Poll was done in
December 2004 and January 2005, and the 2006 Poll was
done in July 2006.
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Florida, like most states, faces the problem of not having enough tax money to pay for the various services and programs that it provides. One way to deal with this problem is to raise taxes. Another way to deal with the problem is to reduce services and programs. In general, which would you prefer, raising taxes, or reducing services and programs?
| Florida poll conducted in year | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 93 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 06 | |||
| raise taxes or reduce services | raise taxes | 66.5% | 55.1% | 52.9% | 55.7% | 51.8% | 49.0% | 53.6% | 54.9% | 59.8% | 57.2% | 51.9% | 55.4% |
| reduce services | 33.5% | 44.9% | 47.1% | 44.3% | 48.2% | 51.0% | 46.4% | 45.1% | 40.2% | 42.8% | 48.1% | 44.6% | |
| Total | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |