NYC Residents
There is a proposal for a penny per ounce tax on non-diet, sugar-sweetened soft drinks. For example, a 12 cent tax for a 12 ounce can. Do you favor or oppose such a measure?
Favor Oppose Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
NYC Residents 31% 63% 6%
Frequency of non-diet soda drinking Frequent soda drinkers 26% 71% 2%
Occasional soda drinkers 33% 62% 5%
Never 36% 52% 12%
NYC Registered Voters 30% 65% 5%
Gender Men 32% 64% 4%
Women 31% 61% 8%
Age Under 45 35% 61% 5%
45 or older 29% 65% 6%
Race White 36% 58% 5%
African American 25% 65% 10%
Latino 25% 72% 3%
Education Not college graduate 24% 70% 6%
College graduate 41% 53% 5%
Household Income Less than $50,000 29% 65% 6%
$50,000 or more 39% 58% 3%
NYC Borough Bronx 24% 68% 8%
Brooklyn 29% 66% 5%
Manhattan 36% 55% 9%
Queens and Staten Island 33% 62% 5%
April 2010 Marist Poll New York City Residents "N=684 MOE +/- 4%". Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.