Finances

What do you think of the city's revenue split between residential and business taxes?

Context:

Roughly half of the property tax the city collects each year comes from residential property owners and half comes from businesses. The tax rate is two to three times higher for businesses than for residences, because businesses account for only about a quarter of the assessment base.

Candidate responses Voter responses

Candidate responses

A total of 67 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:

a) The current mix is acceptable

Candidates that selected this response:

b) Residences should pay more

Candidates that selected this response:

c) Businesses should pay more

Candidates that selected this response:

d) Both should pay less, even if that means a reduction of services

Candidates that selected this response:

e) I don't have a position on this issue

Candidates that selected this response:

Candidates that skipped this question:

Voter responses

Based on more than 16,000 responses received as of Oct. 14, here's how voters answered this question:

Overall

By ward

Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".

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