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Q1 Would you prefer that the costs of growth be
paid primarily by those building and buying new
homes and buildings in Wake County, or paid
for mostly by existing tax payers? If you would
like the costs of growth to be paid for primarily
by those building and buying new homes and
buildings in Wake County, press 1. If you
would like the costs of growth to be paid for
mostly by existing tax payers, press 2. If you
don’t know, press 3.
Primarily by those
building and buying
new homes and
buildings in Wake
County ………………..78%
Mostly by existing
tax payers …………… 14%
Don’t know………….. 8%

Q2 In order to pay for the costs of growth, would
you support or oppose a tax of less than a half
percent paid when a house or property is sold,
called a transfer tax? If you would support a
transfer tax, press 1. If opposed, press 2. If
you don’t know, press 3.
Support …………….. 49%
Oppose …………….. 40%
Don’t know ………… 11%

Q3 Another way to pay for the cost of growth is to
raise property taxes every year. Would you
prefer to pay for these new roads and schools
by increasing property taxes or by a transfer
tax on property sales? If you would prefer the
property tax increase, press 1. If you would
prefer a transfer tax, press 2. If you don’t
know, press 3.
Prefer property tax
increase ………………20%
Prefer Transfer Tax.. 59%
Don’t know………….. 22%

Q4 Another way being proposed to pay for growth
is a quarter percent increase in the sales tax.
Would you support an increase in the sales
tax? If you support a sales tax increase, press
1. If opposed, press 2. If you don’t know,
press 3.
Support ………………. 34%
Oppose ………………. 59%
Don’t know………….. 7%

Q5 We can pay the cost of growth by a small
transfer tax paid when real property is sold or
by a small increase in our sales tax. Which do
you prefer? If you would prefer a sales tax
increase, press 1. If you would prefer a
transfer tax, press 2. If you don’t know, press
3.
Prefer Sales Tax
increase ………………31%
Prefer Transfer Tax. 54%
Don’t know………….. 15%

Q6 If you knew that opposition to the transfer tax
was being almost exclusively funded by the
realtor and developer lobby, would you be
more or less likely to support a transfer tax? If
you would be more likely to support it, press 1.
If you would be less likely to support it, press 2.
If you don’t know, press 3.
More likely to
support……………….. 45%
Less likely to
support……………….. 25%
Don’t know………….. 29%

Q7 If you are a woman, press 1, if a man, press 2.
Women ………………. 56% Men……………………. 44%

Q8 If you are a Democrat, press 1. If Republican,
press 2. If other, press 3.
Democrat ……………. 44%
Republican………….. 35%
Other………………….. 21%

Q9 If you are white, press 1. If African-American,
press 2. If Other, press 3.
White …………………. 75%
Black………………….. 18%
Other………………….. 7%

Q10 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If you
are 30 to 45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If
older than 65, press 4.
18-29………………….. 4%
30-45………………….. 28%
46-65………………….. 48%
Older Than 65……… 20%