Takeaways from the Beacon Poll

67%
As polls have continuously shown, Tennessee voters have a favorable opinion of school choice with 67% supporting Governor Lee’s statewide educational choice program, while 13% oppose it. This is popular among Republicans with 73% in favor, (+68%), as well as Democrats (+25%) and Independents (+57).
Education
81%
Nearly all Tennesseans (81%) believe there should be a limit on how much property taxes can go up yearly, with voter approval needed for any increase beyond that limit. Additionally, over half of the voters (51%) support implementing an outright cap on property tax increases.
Taxes
37%
Despite the loss, most Tennesseans believe Kamala Harris performed as well (37%) or better (34%) against Trump than Biden would have had he stayed in the race. Only 16% of Tennesseans believe Biden would have fared better than Harris.
Elections
56%
Voters credit Trump’s Presidential election win to his focus on economic inflation and jobs (56%), followed by immigration policies (53%) and discontent with the previous administration’s performance (51%).
Elections
58%
Voters attribute Harris’s loss in the Presidential election to her close association with the Biden Administration and its policies (58%), followed by the perception that she was not ready or qualified to be president (52%).
Elections
35%
In a nailbiter, the Memphis Area Transit Authority wins the Pork of the Year with 35% of the vote for spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a suite at Grizzlies games, a brand new downtown office, and luxury furniture all while running a $60 million deficit.
Culture

Policy Polling Results: Education

67% of Tennesseans support Governor Lee’s plan to expand educational choice to all families across Tennessee, while only 13% oppose.

EDUCATION

61% of Tennesseans support expanding charter schools statewide, with only 14% in opposition.

EDUCATION

Only 40% of Tennesseans are satisfied with the K-12 public education system, while 54% are dissatisfied.

EDUCATION

Policy Polling Results: Local Property Taxes

81% of Tennesseans think there should be a limit on how much property taxes can go up each year, with voter approval needed for any increase beyond that limit, with only 11% in opposition.

TAXES

When asked which of the following best reflects your opinion on managing property tax increases in Tennessee, 51% of Tennesseans said they support a statewide property tax cap.

TAXES

Political Polling Results

A plurality of Tennesseans think Harris performed the same as Biden would have if he stayed in the race (37%). Another 34% thought she performed better than Biden would have, and just 16% thought she performed worse than Biden would have.

ELECTIONS

73% of Tennesseans said they would not consider ending a long-term friendship if they discovered that their friend holds political views opposite to theirs. Only 13% said they would consider it.

POLITICS

50% of Tennesseans say they approve of the way the state legislature is handling its job, while 42% disapprove.

POLITICS

Culture Polling Results

If Tennesseans had to choose, which would they prefer for the entire winter: lots of snow or no snow?

JANUARY 2025 POLL

Methodology

  • Online poll of 1,200 registered voters in Tennessee
  • Only respondents who passed our data quality checks were included in the final results and compensated for participating.
  • Sampling was stratified by demographics and geography.
  • Results were weighted by demographics, party, geography, and behavioral measures to properly reflect the profile of the state.
  • Estimated margin of error: +/- 2.77%
  • Fieldwork: December 16 to December 27, 2024
  • Due to weighting and rounding, percentages may not always total exactly 100%.

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