Public support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s initiative to raise taxes remains below 50 percent, but the measure no longer appears to be on a downward trajectory, leaving Brown within striking distance one week before Election Day, according to a new Field Poll. Likely voters favor the initiative 48 percent to 38 percent, with 14 percent undecided, according to the poll. Voters surveyed late last week and early this week were marginally more likely to favor the initiative than those surveyed in previous days. Of voters who have already cast ballots, 54 percent voted for the initiative, the poll found… “There’s a bigger constituency for supporting the public schools than either of these initiatives is getting,” DiCamillo said. “Had there only been one initiative to raise taxes for the schools, it would have gotten more (support) than either of these are getting.” … public opinion about the measure is also affected by how voters view Brown, whose public approval rating held about steady at 46 percent.

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by David Siders, The Sacramento Bee.

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