During his presser on Friday, President Obama said:
A tax increase for wealthier Americans “was a central question during the election — it was debated over and over again, and on Tuesday night, we found out that a majority of Americans agree with my approach,” he declared.
Hmmm.
Either a non sequitor or flat out wrong.
Based on CNN’s exiting polling ….
Overall, 47% said to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Hmmm … that “47%” number sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
Not to get picky, but …
47% doesn’t constitute a majority … 48% said to either raise taxes on everybody (13%) or nobody (35%).
Drilling down a bit …
Yes, 70% of Obama voters say to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Why’s that?
Well, about 75% of Obama supporters have incomes less than $100k … so they are essentially saying: tax the other guy in order to preserve my benefits.
Doesn’t surprise me that they like the idea.
- Math note: 72% X 54% = 39% / 52% (total % vote) = 75%
The majority of folks who would be impacted aren’t quite as keen on the idea.
Bottom line: I don’t see Obama’s “mandate” for jacking up taxes in the numbers …
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