In an election today on Georgia's Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or T-SPLOST, the 1-cent sales tax increase does not appear to have majority support, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for WXIA-TV in Atlanta.

SurveyUSA polled 1,292 registered voters from across the state of Georgia; of them, 886 have already cast their ballot or were identified as being likely to vote in the 07/31/12 election. When divided into the separate regions that will individually vote on T-SPLOST, 6 of the 12 regions have large enough populations for SurveyUSA to be able to report results.

In the most populous region, #3, Atlanta, the measure trails 49% to 36%.

In regions #1 and #2, Northwest Georgia and Georgia's Mountains, the measure also trails.

In region #5, Northeast Georgia, the outcome is effectively even.

In region #6, Middle Georgia, and in region #12, Coastal Georgia, the measure has somewhat more support.

SurveyUSA cautions that outside of Region #3, Atlanta, the number of respondents in each region is small. Use extreme care when reporting numbers from any region other than Region #3.

Statewide, a majority of voters say traffic in their areas would remain about the same regardless of whether T-SPLOST passes or does not.

Among the roughly half of voters who drive Georgia 400, 57% say the tolls on that highway should come down, even if that means no further improvements will be made to the road; 35% say the tolls should remain in place.