{"id":77362,"date":"2025-12-09T19:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77362\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T19:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:24:11","slug":"most-voters-want-property-taxes-cut-or-eliminated-and-they-know-itll-hurt-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/77362\/","title":{"rendered":"Most voters want property taxes cut or eliminated \u2014 and they know it\u2019ll hurt services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most Florida voters want state lawmakers to slash or end property taxes, despite the impact on local services.<\/p>\n

Voters are well aware it\u2019ll hurt the services localities provide, from garbage pickup and libraries to parks and recreation, among others. And most aren\u2019t willing to pay a separate fee to continue funding those provisions.<\/p>\n

Tallahassee-based Sachs Media<\/a> surveyed 1,230 Florida voters Nov. 1-4 through a random sample of the state voter file. The poll had a 2.8-percentage-point margin of error at the 95% confidence level.<\/p>\n

It found that 65% of voters want the Legislature to either eliminate (31%) or reduce (34%) the property taxes counties and municipalities levy. Another 28% prefer the state to do nothing and allow localities to decide.<\/p>\n

Republicans are much more supportive of the proposed changes, with 51% backing the idea of slashing or ending property taxes compared to 31% of nonpartisan voters and 18% of Democrats.<\/p>\n

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When asked whether they know reducing tax revenue will negatively impact local services, 87% said yes. Thirty-six percent expect a \u201cstrong negative impact,\u201d while 31% anticipate \u201csome\u201d impact and 20% think the changes would have \u201cvery little impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

That includes 80% of Democrats, 67% of third- and no-party voters and 51% of Republicans. Seventy-seven percent of voters 65 and older agree, as do 63% of those under 65.<\/p>\n

But just 37% of voters are willing to pay more in other ways \u2014 separate fees, an increase in sales taxes or other methods \u2014 to compensate for eliminated or reduced property taxes.<\/p>\n

That includes 50% of Republicans, 41% of no-party voters and 25% of Democrats, as well as 46% of property owners and 18% of renters.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image via Sachs Media.<\/p>\n

Notably, if property taxes are lowered or eliminated, most voters (78%) believe landlords should pass the savings they see on to tenants through rent reductions. Just 11% believe property owners should keep the extra cash, while another 11% aren\u2019t sure one way or another.<\/p>\n

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House lawmakers, led by Speaker Daniel Perez, are advancing eight proposals<\/a> to end or reduce property taxes that Gov. Ron DeSantis has maintained do not go far enough<\/a> in providing financial relief to homeowners.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Senate President Ben Albritton expressed concern about the impact on localities, particularly for Florida\u2019s 29 fiscally constrained, mostly rural counties<\/a> for which DeSantis has floated issuing special appropriations yearly to cover their expected shortfalls.<\/p>\n

Former House Speaker Paul Renner has called for a Special Session<\/a> to roll back property taxes to 2024 levels. DeSantis flirted with doing similarly<\/a> in early October.<\/p>\n

But according to Sachs\u2019 poll, when it comes to cost-of-living issues voters want addressed, state policymakers are aiming at the wrong target.<\/p>\n

The survey found 48% of voters want property insurance costs to be lowered, including 52% of Democrats and 36% of Republicans. Meanwhile, 42% want to see property taxes on the proverbial chopping block, including 57% of Republicans and 30% of Democrats.<\/p>\n

Just 10% prefer lower sales taxes, with Democrats (11%) slightly leading Republicans (7%) in that inclination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Florida voters want state lawmakers to slash or end property taxes, despite the impact on local services.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4218,6059,28,30,29,7381,22306,8191,7074,412,43502,8829],"class_list":["post-77362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-ben-albritton","tag-daniel-perez","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-paul-renner","tag-poll","tag-property-tax","tag-property-taxes","tag-ron-desantis","tag-sachs-media","tag-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}