The majority of Californians want the state to keep building the California High-Speed Rail Project, which is moving ahead despite the loss of federal funding.
A new poll by the POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab reveals that 62 percent of registered voters in California support the state’s High-Speed Rail project, with 79 percent of Gen Z-aged voters in support of the train. For registered Democrats, that number jumps to 80 percent.
The results are in line with earlier polling conducted before the Trump Administration announced it was cutting $4 billion in federal funding for the project, which President Trump has repeatedly criticized as a waste of taxpayer money.
California leaders say they are pushing ahead with the project, and the state has sued the federal government over the pulled funds. “The California legislature is considering a new proposal from Newsom to invest at least $1 billion a year over 20 years in California High-Speed Rail.” Despite the Trump administration's claims that the project is a boondoggle, miles of track are already under construction in the Central Valley.
Read the full story: 62% of California Voters Want to Continue the High-Speed Rail Project, including 80% of Democrats, New Poll Finds
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