The massively expensive campaign for a state proposition to let Uber, Instacart and other major tech companies keep treating their drivers as contractors rather than employees remains wide open as Election Day approaches, a poll released Wednesday found.
The Berkeley IGS Poll showed the side supporting Proposition 22, which has raised more than $180 million from four big tech firms, eking out a narrow lead, with 39 percent of likely voters saying they are in favor and 36 percent opposed.
But the poll found that initiative, along with three other hotly contested state propositions on this November’s ballot — measures that would raise business property taxes, expand rent control and reinstate affirmative action — are all falling short of the majority support they will need to pass. The one that comes closest, the commercial property tax measure Proposition 15, boasts a 15 percentage-point lead over its opponents, with 49 percent in favor.
That’s because a huge share of California voters — 25 percent when it comes to Proposition 22 and similarly large for the other measures — remains undecided, even as elections officials prepare to send out ballots by mail early next month.
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