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N T E R I M B A L L O T T E S T <br />After exposing respondents to services that could be funded by the measure as well as the types <br />of positive arguments voters may encounter during an election cycle, the survey again presented <br />respondents with the ballot language used previously to gauge how support for the proposed <br />sales tax measure may have changed. As shown in Figure 12, overall support among likely <br />November 2026 voters ticked up to 68%, with 37% of voters indicating that they would definitely <br />vote yes on the measure. Approximately 23% of respondents opposed the measure at this point <br />in the survey, and an additional 10%were unsure or unwilling to state their vote choice. <br />Question 9 Sometimes people change their mind about a measure once they have more infor- <br />mation about it. Now that you have heard a bit more about the measure, let me read you a sum- <br />mary of it again. To maintain funding for city services, such as fire protection, paramedic, and <br />911 emergency response; crime prevention; graffiti removal; addressing homelessness; and <br />keeping streets, sidewalks, parks and public facilities safe, clean, and well -maintained; shall City <br />of Santa Ana's ordinance renewing the existing 1.5 cent sales tax be adopted at the current rate <br />(no increase), providing approximately 84 million dollars annually for city services until ended <br />by voters, with independent audits, citizen oversight, and all money locally controlled? If the elec- <br />tion were held today, would you vote yes or no on this measure? <br />FIGURE 12 INTERIM BALLOT TEST <br />Definitely n <br />1 2.3 <br />Probably no <br />10.3 <br />Prefer not to <br />answer <br />Not sure 2.3 <br />7.6 <br />Probably yes <br />30.2 <br />definitely yes <br />3 7.3 <br />SUPPORT B` --UBGROUP.3 Table 4 on the next page shows how support for the measure <br />at this point in the survey varied by key voter subgroups, as well as the percentage change in <br />subgroup support when compared with the Initial Ballot Test. Positive differences appear in <br />green, whereas negative differences in red. Support for the proposed sales tax measure <br />increased or decreased by modest amounts (five percentage points or less) between the Initial <br />and Interim Ballot Tests for most subgroups. Notable exceptions include those living in mixed <br />partisan households (+8%), voters age 40 to 49 (+7%), home owners (+6%), and those likely to <br />participate in low turnout elections (+6%). <br />City of Santa Ana True North Research, Inc. © 2025 <br />