加州第 40 号提案：美联社仍未判定，反对约 55.3% 领先，路透社称亿万富翁税似将落败
美国加利福尼亚州消息，美联社计票页最新快照显示，加州第 40 号提案—对净资产超过 10 亿美元的居民一次性征收 5% 财富税—仍未判定：反对票 4,406,080 票、赞成票 3,566,789 票，反对约占 55.3%、赞成约占 44.7%，选区报告比例为 61.41%、预估已计票比例为 61.42%。上述为计票过程中的快照，不是最终结果；美联社尚未宣布该提案的胜负。
路透社 11 月 4 日分析指出，这项由进步派人士（包括联邦参议员伯尼·桑德斯）力推的措施似将落败，尽管计票仍在进行、尚无主要媒体宣布结果。路透社写道，加州州长加文·纽森本人反对该措施；按该社 11 月 4 日上午所引快照，反对比例为 55.6%，该措施在加州最大的洛杉矶县仅以微弱多数获得赞成，而在接下来六个最大的县均以两位数差距落后。路透社同时指出，与第 40 号提案竞争的第 42 号提案在上午快照中已获得约 410 万票、高于第 40 号提案赞成票的约 340 万票；加州选民另已通过第 3 号提案，使针对最高收入人群的较高所得税率永久化（据美联社判定）。第 40 号提案针对的是加州约 250 名亿万富翁的资产，路透社称该措施的落败将是民主党左翼的一次挫折，尽管民主党在全国中期选举中横扫共和党。
California Proposition 40: AP Still Has Not Called It, No Leads at About 55.3%, Reuters Says Billionaire Tax Looks Headed for Defeat
CALIFORNIA — The Associated Press elections page's latest snapshot showed California Proposition 40 — a one-time 5% tax on residents worth more than $1 billion — still too early to call: No had 4,406,080 votes and Yes had 3,566,789 votes, or about 55.3% against and 44.7% in favor, with 61.41% of precincts reporting and an estimated 61.42% of the vote counted. The figures are a counting snapshot, not a final result, and the AP has not declared a winner.
Reuters reported on November 4 that the measure, championed by progressives including Senator Bernie Sanders as an antidote for economic inequality, looked headed for defeat, though counting continued and no major outlet had yet called the outcome. Reuters noted that Governor Gavin Newsom himself opposed the measure; in its November 4 morning snapshot, opposition stood at 55.6%, with the measure drawing only a razor-thin majority in Los Angeles County, the state's largest, while trailing by double-digit margins in each of the next six largest counties. Reuters added that the competing Proposition 42 had won about 4.1 million votes in the morning snapshot, more than Proposition 40's roughly 3.4 million Yes votes, while voters separately approved Proposition 3, making higher income tax rates permanent for the state's top earners, according to an AP call. Aimed at the assets of an estimated 250 California billionaires, Proposition 40's apparent defeat would be a blow to the Democratic Party's left wing even as Democrats swept Republicans nationally, Reuters said.
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