Can Nashville Persuade Voters That a Sales Tax Increase Is Worth the Price?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The vote, carefully timed to the higher turnout of a presidential election, pits the city's deeply ingrained aversion to tax increases against a palpable frustration with its poor infrastructure.
46% : Other communities will also decide whether to trade tax increases or more money for infrastructure improvements on the November ballot.

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