EXPLAINING SUPPORT FOR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION TAXES: THE INLAND EMPIRE, CALIFORNIA.

Based on an analysis of telephone interviews with over 2,000 households, the analysis examines respondents’ support for the extension of local option sales taxes to support transportation. A variety of predictors are assessed, and the results indicate that after a variety of conventional and self-interest measures are included, the most important factors influencing support are those having to do with attitudes towards policies, elected officials, and how trustworthy officials are. Opposition is rooted among a core of apparently anti-government, ant-tax, and anti-public spending "taxrebels." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]