New Alliance action Fund Poll: Voters Firmly Support Taxing Wealthy Individuals and Highly Profitable Corporations
So much has changed in the past two years, since SRA’s last national and cross-state survey and modeling program release. Through the crises and attacks, the state tax justice movement has grown, strengthened and fought for our kids, neighbors, families, working people, and democracy itself.
SRA has also evolved as an organization to support growing coalitions and the diverse needs of our state partners. Tax justice is essential to making life more affordable, and by standing with workers and families over the wealthiest and most well-connected, coalitions and campaigns across the country have raised and protected revenue to invest in families and communities and fund the best future for the next generation.
We are happy to share that from July 30 to August 5, 2026, Data for Progress, along with the Alliance Action Fund (AAF), SRA’s c4 affiliate, conducted a survey of 8,020 likely voters and registered voters nationwide. This study reinforces other polling that shows overwhelming support for raising taxes on the wealthy,
The major findings are offered below.
You can find c3 and c4 toplines, full question wording, and other methodological information here. To ensure these results are available to all partners, the AAF and SRA teams will hold briefings, make state, congressional district, and state legislative district data available (including modeling data to inform your programs), and are available for questions. For immediate support, contact AAF’s data and analytics director, gustavo@allianceactionfund.org.
Overall, the research shows that voters – no matter where they live, their race, gender, age or religion – are aligned on raising progressive taxes in states and are more likely to vote for candidates who share their values. Additionally:
The poll explores voters' expectations that the tech industry pay its fair share of taxes, views on closing tax loopholes, and candidates' support for or opposition to building data centers.
The study also finds that most voters disagree that higher taxes will harm their state’s economy, and feel a shared responsibility to pay taxes to improve their communities.
Support for Specific Taxes Proposals
Taxing Wealthy Earners: Voters support their state implementing a tax on the wealth held by the richest households, including investment portfolios, stocks, bonds, and real estate holdings, by a +46-point margin (71% total support).
Taxing Tech Companies: Nearly 4 out of 5 voters agree that their state should close tax loopholes and implement new taxes on major technology companies by a +63-point margin. Of all the taxes that were tested, voters demonstrated both the highest (79% total support) and strongest support (50% strong support, 29% somewhat support) for taxing technology companies.
Taxing Highly-Profitable Corporations: Voters support raising taxes on highly profitable corporations by a +55-point margin (76% total support).
Taxing High-Income Households: Voter support raising taxes on high-income households by a +51-point margin (74% total support).
Early Childhood Funding: 7 in 10 voters support their state raising revenue to increase funding for childcare and early childhood education programs. (70% total support).
General Tax Sentiment
Importance of Paying Taxes: More than 3 in 5 voters (61% total support) say paying taxes is important because it funds communities' needs and provides everyone a better shot in life, while 35% say it isn’t important because they want to pay as little as possible to keep what they’ve earned instead of funding wasteful programs.
Economic Impact and Wealth Flight: Conservative politicians and business organizations have long made taxes out to be an economic threat. We find that voters are not convinced there’s a connection between higher taxes and a negative economic impact on their states.
Voters rejected the idea that raising taxes on the very wealthy or on highly profitable corporations in their state hurts their state’s economy. A majority of voters (58%) disagree with this sentiment.
Voters were asked whether they agree or disagree that raising taxes on the very wealthy or on highly-profitable corporations in their state will make them leave. A plurality of voters (45%) disagree with this statement.
Consistency Across Demographics: For all issues tested, we find consistent support across demographic groups, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, or urbanicity. There was slightly more variation when it came to closing loopholes on tech companies.
When asked about closing tax loopholes for major tech companies, white voters support these measures by 10-points more (82% total support) compared to Black voters (71% total support), Asian voters, and Latino voters (73% total support).
Survey Methodology
From July 30 to August 5, 2026, Data for Progress conducted a survey of 8,020 likely voters and registered voters nationally using web panel respondents. The sample was weighted to be representative of likely voters and registered voters by age, gender, education, race, geography, and recalled presidential vote. The survey was conducted in English. The margin of error associated with the sample size is ±1 percentage point. Results for subgroups of the sample are subject to increased margins of error. For more information, please visit dataforprogress.org/our-methodology.