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Top Democrats are fighting a billionaire tax in California. Their voters are on the other side |
The unprecedented measure has enormous potential nationwide. The clash exposes the party’s corporate-progressive divide Midway through this summer, a high-quality poll found that Democrats in California were overwhelmingly in favor of the upcoming ballot measure for a one-time 5% tax on billionaire
What the coverage shows
All three outlets frame the story as a California billionaire-tax ballot fight with wider significance, and all three mention the one-time 5% levy. The Guardian US and The Economist foreground the split inside the Democratic Party, while the Los Angeles Times treats the campaign as a practical contest, first through influencer advertising and then, in a separate piece, through possible effects on sports team owners. Only the Guardian US explicitly says the measure exposes a corporate-progressive divide.
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