Majority of Kansas voters favor single-rate tax, new polling suggests

New polling from Americans for Prosperity – Kansas (AFP-KS) suggests that 58 percent of Kansas voters favor a single-rate tax system. This tax system change has been advocated for by AFP-KS on its Prosperity Express Tour alongside Senate President Ty Masterson and Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins.

With a margin of error of +4.0% in 95 out of 100 cases, a total of 600 interviews with registered Kansas voters across the state was completed January 4-7, 2024, to collect the data.

It was also found that favorability for the single-rate tax system increased from 58 percent to nearly 67 percent after those surveyed received more information on tax simplification through the single-rate plan.

“Hardworking Kansans deserve tax relief and that begins with reforming our current complicated system,” AFP-KS State Director, Elizabeth Patton said in a statement. “Rather than selectively picking policies in Governor Kelly’s proposed bill, voters overwhelming want state lawmakers to enact commonsense tax reform through a simple, single-rate system so they can have the maximum amount of savings.”

Key Findings include:

• Inflation and the cost of living is the top issue for voters ranking at 25% of those surveyed.
• 58% of voters favor the single-rate tax system change, including over one-quarter (27%) strongly favoring this proposal. The proposal receives strong support from Republicans (67%), has majority support from Independents (56%), and 45% of Democrats.
• A majority (52%) of voters who approve of Laura Kelly as Governor also favor changing the tax system. Nearly three-quarters of voters (73%) who disapprove of Governor Kelly are in favor of the proposed change.

AFP-KS is encouraging Kansans to visit FairShareKansas.com to calculate and compare their current tax rate based on income with the proposed single-rate plan.