New poll: Income surtax amendment leads, Democratic primary races shaping up
The constitutional amendment that would create a 4% surtax on income over $1 million is currently leading among likely voters in this November’s general election, with 57% saying they will vote yes and 37% no. The overall support level and margin are nearly identical to a poll conducted by Suffolk University for The Boston Globe last month.
In the Democratic primary, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, former Boston City Councillor Andrea Campbell, and incumbent Bill Galvin lead their respective races for Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State. The size of their leads varies depending on the size of turnout expected in the primary. The closest race is for State Auditor, where Chris Dempsey and State Senator Diana DiZoglio are tied.
Results from the poll released yesterday found that Massachusetts voters support cracking down on wage theft at jobs sites and encouraging responsible development principles generally and for publicly funded projects, according to a new poll out this morning. The poll was conducted by The MassINC Polling Group and was sponsored by the Responsible Development Coalition.
About the poll
These results are based on a survey of 854 likely voters in the Massachusetts November general election. The sample included an oversample to reach a total of 520 likely voters in the September Democratic primary election. Interviews were conducted August 5-9, 2022 by live telephone interviews via both landline and cell phone using conventional registration-based sampling procedures. Results were weighted to known and estimated population parameters for likely voters in each election on gender, age, race, education, geography, and party registration. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence. The poll was sponsored by the Responsible Development Coalition.