Poll: Detroiters oppose property tax cut in exchange for less city services

DETROIT – Detroit voters were asked during a recent poll their thoughts on cutting property taxes if it meant fewer city services.

Here’s the exact wording of the question, which was asked over the phone: Would you support or oppose a cut in the city’s property tax if you knew that it would result in less city services?

Participants were then asked: Would that be strongly support/oppose or just somewhat support/oppose?

Here are the results:

• Strongly support -- 10.9%
• Somewhat support -- 12.9%
• Somewhat oppose -- 14.5%
• Strongly oppose -- 53.2%
• Depends/Neutral -- 6.3%
• Don’t know/refused -- 2.2%

Poll methodology

WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely November 2025 general election voters within the city of Detroit. The poll was conducted by The Glengariff Group, Inc.

It was a 500-sample, live-operator telephone survey conducted from October 16-18, 2025.

The margin of error is +/- 4.4%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.

Of the respondents, 10.3% were called via landline telephone, and 89.7% were called on a cellphone.