Our AJC colleague Aaron Gould Sheinin was the first to break news of a business-backed poll that's clearly intended to give House Republicans some courage before a floor vote on H.B. 170, the $1 billion transportation funding bill. From Sheinin's report:
The poll surveyed 603 likely voters from Feb. 8-10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. The survey was conducted by WPA Opinion Research of Washington, the firm that accurately predicted now-U.S. Sen. David Perdue would win November's election without a runoff.
For those of you keen on details, below is the polling memo that will be examined over the next few days:
Perhaps the most important point in the above document: When asked if they would support a gas tax increase to address the state’s maintenance backlog, a slim plurality of Republicans said yes, though the result falls within the survey’s margin of error.
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