NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY on TAX REFORM

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1 NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY on TAX REFORM June 25-28, 2017 N = 1,202 respondents margin of error: + 2.8% 1/3 landline, 1/3 cell, 1/3 internet All results rounded to the nearest whole percent

2 VOTE BEHAVIOR / AND IDEOLOGY Partisan vote behavior 35% 24% 40% GOP IND DEM Ideology 38% 34% 28% Conservative Moderate Liberal Combination 27% Conserv GOP 9% IND Mod / Lib GOP 18% 19% 22% 6% Conserv Mod / Lib IND Conserv / Mod DEM Liberal DEM

3 INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA Do you have (% Yes) Internet access on a cell phone 95% 94% 89% 73% 73% % A Facebook account 81% 82% 75% 66% 54% % A Twitter account 42% 41% 34% 25% 16% %

4 NEWS & INFORMATION SOURCES Which of the following do you MOST regularly use as a source for news and information on current events? National Cable TV News 22% 14% 37% 20% 25% 35% 48% 52% Local TV News 20% 17% 37% 23% 34% 44% 44% 40% News websites 17% 12% 29% 43% 42% 29% 20% 17% Social media 11% 12% 23% 44% 33% 26% 12% 7% Broadcast TV News 8% 13% 21% 15% 13% 16% 27% 31% The radio 8% 11% 20% 24% 28% 21% 17% 12% Local newspaper 5% 9% 14% 9% 10% 12% 16% 20% Other 3% 3% 5% 7% 6% 5% 4% 4% Use Most Use Next Most

5 FEDERAL INCOME TAX SYSTEM SATIFICATION Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the current federal income tax system? Base TOTAL SATISFIED TOTAL DISSATIS- FIED INDIFFERENT / UNSURE Total % 66% 10% COMBO - COMBINATION TARGETS Core GOP % 75% 1% IND Targets % 66% 12% Core DEM % 61% 11% RPARTYTS - PARTISAN VOTE BEHAVIOR Republican % 74% 5% Independent % 66% 12% Democratic % 60% 12% 66% 24% 18% 6% 24% Satisfied 10% 10% Indifferent / 43% Dissatisfied

6 INITIAL FEDERAL TAX REFORM PLAN Based on what you know about it, do you favor or oppose the proposed federal tax reform plan? 30% 34% 36% 16% 14% 34% Depends / 12% 24%

7 PASSING TAX REFORM Which viewpoint comes closest to your own? 34% 48% 6% 3% 9% Tax reform needs to be passed this year We need tax reform, but it doesn't need to pass this year Tax reform does not need to pass ever Other / refused

8 MOST CONCERNING ABOUT TAX SYSTEM Which one of the following concerns you most about the federal income tax system? The wealthy don't pay their fair share of taxes 26% 18% 44% Core GOP 14% IND Targ Core DEM 41% 69% code is unfair The tax to average Americans 21% 22% 43% 46% 43% 41% The tax code is too complicated 22% 14% 36% 55% 39% 17% Corporations don't pay their fair share of taxes 13% 22% 34% 19% 31% 51% Tax rates are too high 13% 15% 29% 54% 28% 11% Other 1% 2% 3% Concerns Most Concerns Next Most

9 Would you favor or oppose the tax reform plan if you knew it would No diff / Make it easier to create jobs, raise wages, and expand opportunities for all Americans. 88% 6% 6% (Ver C: Maintain / Ver D: Protect) as tax deductions the interest on homeowner mortgages, charitable giving and retirement savings. 84% 8% 8% Modernize the tax code to encourage corporations to stay in America and create new jobs at home, and will even encourage foreign companies to relocate here. 84% 10% 7% C: D: 86% fav 82% fav Provide tax relief for families with child and dependent care expenses. 83% 11% 6% Make the tax code simpler, fairer, and flatter, so that it's not only easier to do your taxes, but it's also easier to have peace of mind at critical moments, whether it's going to school, getting a job, raising a family, or planning for retirement. 83% 11% 6% Make changes to the tax system so that U.S. companies that do business around the world make products in the U.S. and bring back jobs from overseas. 82% 10% 8% Deliver a 21st century American tax code that is built for growth - the growth of families' paychecks, the growth of local businesses, and the growth of our economy as a whole. 80% 9% 11% Address the over 70,000 pages of long, current tax law that is a maze of special deductions and exemptions, by simplifying these rules and eliminating special provisions in favor of dramatically lower tax rates for American workers, families, and job creators. 79% 12% 9% Make it easier to pay for college by streamlining the maze of education tax benefits. 77% 13% 10% Raise wages for American workers (Ver Y: according to the Tax Foundation) and create nearly X: 78% fav Y: 75% fav two million full-time jobs in the United States. 76% 13% 10% C: 75% fav (Ver C: Repeal / Ver D: Eliminate) the death tax so that the loss of a family member will no longer D: 73% fav (Ver X: be taxed / Ver Y: result in paying additional tax on top of what it took a lifetime to earn). 74% 18% 8% X: 75% fav Note: Statements were randomized but shown here in descending order of their favor response. 73% fav Y:

10 INFORMED FEDERAL TAX REFORM PLAN Having learned more about it, do you favor or oppose the federal tax reform plan? 55% 29% 20% 26% 20% Depends / 26% 12% 14%

11 COMPARISON OF INITIAL & INFORMED POSITIONS Initial position 30% 34% 36% Depends / Informed position 55% 20% 26% Depends / Solidifiers & Switchers 26% 28% 20% 21% 5% Stayed Switched Depends / Switched Stayed