He favors eliminating the property tax on cars and believes that the state should distribute school aid more fairly.

"A lot of the schools seem to be favoring eliminating it completely," Mr. Thayer said.

Republicans favor eliminating the gas tax, which adds 19 cents a gallon.

He favors eliminating taxes on capital gains and dividends.

He also favors eliminating spring football and freshman varsity football.

Some commission members favored eliminating the Council President, but now the thinking is to keep it.

It's an issue of fairness: I favor lessening or eliminating inequalities of power.

Thomas Jefferson favored eliminating all remnants of feudalism, and pushed for allodial ownership.

Alone among contenders, he favors eliminating most of the Bush tax cut.

Similarly, the poll found that 28 percent favored eliminating tariffs, up from 22 percent.