Connecticut voters would rather legalize and tax recreational marijuana than have to pay highway tolls.
That was one of the findings in a new InformCT survey that asked voters about hypothetical policy trade-offs.
The non-partisan research and outreach group found that 67 percent of the 505 state residents surveyed believe taxing marijuana is a better choice compared to implementing electronic tolls to create new revenue streams. About 33 percent said they prefer tolls over marijuana.
Voters were split on whether they would rather have the next governor reduce income taxes or property taxes. Over 52 percent said they favored reducing property taxes vs. 48 percent that prefer an income tax cut.
When asked on how to best boost the state’s economy, 55 percent said the state should invest in schools and community assets vs. 45 percent who prefer boosting efforts to recruit companies to Connecticut.
Meantime, 61 percent of voters said policymakers should target Millennials, or those between 22 to 35 years old, over the Baby Boomer generation, those 56 and older (39 percent), as a way to retain population in the state. The two age groups were represented equally in the poll at about 30 percent each.
The survey, aimed at promoting fact-based dialogue in Connecticut, was administered by research from the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. (CERC) in late September. It has a 4 percent margin of error.
CERC is a nonprofit corporation and public-private partnership based in Rocky Hill.
A new poll released Tuesday by Sacred Heart University and Hearst Connecticut Media Group found 39.5 percent of voters favor Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont, 36.1 percent favor Republican Bob Stefanowski and 8.4 percent support independent candidate Oz Griebel. About 14 percent are undecided.
The poll surfaces about two weeks after a Quinnipiac University poll found Lamont leading Stefanowski by 8 percentage points.
In addition to the gubernatorial race, voters will decide on all 187 members of the State House and Senate on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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