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Most Americans think they pay too much tax – and the rich do not pay enough.
As the Tax Day approaches, the latest Fox News survey finds that 59% of voters believe that the taxes they pay are too high, which is less than a record 64% last year. About 38% think what they pay is correct, and only Smidge says it’s too low (2%).
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Voters traditionally think that their taxes were too expensive, and the lowest recorded in the Fox News research was 51% in April 2004, when the question was first asked (44% felt that taxes were at the time, which is a record).
Partisans think their taxes are too high: Republicans (65% too high), independent (61%) and Democrats (51%). The fall of those who think they pay too much comes mostly from Republicans (lower 11 points from March 2024) and independent (-11).
In the meantime, an increasing number of voters believe that the rich is not paying enough. When asked what bothers them most in the payment of federal income tax, 45% say that the wealthy is not paying their honest share, compared to 34% in 2019 and 28% in 2014.
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Since 2014, the share of Democrats who think that the rich is not paying is sufficiently 30 points, while the same number increased by 14 points among the independent and 5 points among the Republicans.
Other main frustration voters with income tax on income The government consumes Taxpayers’ money (26%), tax paid (12%), system complexity (7%) and people who do not pay at all (7%).
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The biggest hassle of republican republican with taxes is state consumption (45%), while Democrats (73%) and independent (44%) are more tormented by the rich not pay enough.
Attitudes are in accordance with families with higher incomes, because in all groups of revenue of more voters of thought rich They do not pay enough and their taxes are too high.
Conducted from March 14 to March 17, 2025, under the leadership of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this study Fox News includes an interview with a pattern of 994 registered voters randomly selected from the national electorate. Respondents spoke with live surveys on fixed (123) and cell phones (648) or ended up the survey online after receiving the text (223). The results of the entire sample have margin of sampling errors of ± 3 percentage points. The sampling error associated with the results among the subgroup is greater. In addition to sampling errors, questions formulations and command can affect the results. The weights are mainly applied to age, race, education and variables of the area to ensure that the demographic data of respondents is representative for the registered population of the voters. Sources for the development of weight objectives include a survey of the US community, the voter analysis of FOX News voter data data.
