Some 92 percent of Texas GOP primary voters cast their ballots in favor of Proposition 3, which says state and local governments should be required to limit annual budget increases to the sum of the population growth and inflation rate.
Also, the Republican Party of Texas conducted an online poll on a range of issues, and the results on fiscal issues can be found at https://www.texasgop.org/site/DocServer/rpt_survey_quest_pg2.pdf?docID=4922. Among them are:
1. Do you support or oppose legislation to make the Bush tax cuts
permanent?
SUPPORT making tax cuts permanent
OPPOSE making tax cuts permanent
95.1
4.9
2. Do you support or oppose complete elimination of the current tax system for either a flat-rate income tax or a national sales tax?
SUPPORT elimination of the current tax system
OPPOSE elimination of the current tax system
87.2
12.8
3. Do you support or oppose a required 2/3 supermajority to raise taxes?
SUPPORT supermajority to raise taxes
OPPOSE supermajority to raise taxes
89.9
10.1
4. Do you believe it’s important to keep taxes low by bringing down federal spending levels?
SUPPORT bringing down spending levels
OPPOSE bringing down spending levels
98.7
1.3
5. Do you believe the next president should work to bring an end to pork-barrel projects and earmarks in the federal budget?
YES, end pork-barrel projects and earmarks
NO, not important
97.8
2.2
6. Do you believe that the next president should work to bring an end to deficit spending?
YES, bring an end to deficit spending
NO, not important
93.6
6.4
Value Percent
