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Public Support for Higher Alcohol Taxes and Fees
Lobbyists for Big Alcohol battle against any state's attempts to increase alcohol taxes and fees, but the evidence in these polls show strong public support to increase taxes.
State Polls
- California: Public Policy Institute of California
(January 2009)
85% of California residents support raising alcohol taxes
- Kansas: Statewide Survey (Key Findings) (March 2010)
70% of Kansas residents support an alcohol tax increase
- Maryland: Citizen's Health Initiative (March 2010)
71% of Maryland residents support an alcohol tax increase
- New Mexico: Public Education Survey (October 2009)
70% of New Mexico residents support raising taxes on alcohol and tobacco
- New York: Citizen's Committee for Children (CCC) Poll (December 2008) and
New York: CCC Voter Preferences on State Budget Gap (December 2008)
74% of New York residents approve of increasing alcohol and soda taxes
- Wisconsin: Mellman Group Statewide Survey (April 2009)
58% of Wisconsin residents support raising the beer tax in their state
National Polls
- Global Strategy Group National Alcohol Tax (Study Findings) (November 2005)
71% of Americans polled support an increase in the national alcohol tax by 5 cents per drink
- Kaiser Health Tracking Poll (April 2009)
61% of Americans polled favor increasing taxes on alcohol, cigarettes, and junk food to pay for health care
- Mellman Group Nationwide Survey for American Medical Association (April 2004)
64% of American voters favor increasing the alcohol tax in their state
