A new SurveyUSA poll shows that nearly a third of King County voters remain undecided about a proposal to raise the county sales taxes 0.2 percent to pay for criminal-justice services. Of 612 voters surveyed, 34 percent said they were voting yes, 37 percent said they were voting no, and 30 percent still didn't know how they planned to vote. (Ballots started arriving in voters' mailboxes last week.) Those numbers have hardly budged since early September, when another SurveyUSA poll found 34 percent in support, 36 percent opposed, and 31 percent  Women were twice as likely as men to say they were undecided (40 percent to 20 percent).

Younger voters (18-35) were more likely than older voters to say they'd vote against the sales tax increase---43 percent said they were voting no, while just 29 percent said they were voting yes. (Those numbers were virtually reversed among voters 65 and older).

Republicans, mirroring their counterparts on the King County Council (who all opposed putting the tax on the ballot) were overwhelmingly opposed, with 53 percent saying they were voting no and just 22 percent in favor of the measure. (Democrats largely supported the tax, and self-identified Independents largely echoed Republicans.)

Interestingly, those with the lowest incomes---that is, those who are most impacted by increases to the regressive sales tax---were more likely than their wealthier counterparts to support the tax, with 38 percent of those making less than $40,000 in support (compared to just 33 percent of those in all higher income brackets.)

Full survey results available here; read PubliCola's "No-Brainer" endorsement of Prop. 1 here.