A new poll revealed on Wednesday that a large majority of New York voters support Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's plan to hike taxes on wealthy city residents in order to fund a universal pre-K program.

The popular support statewide is critical since de Blasio would need approval from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers during an election year, after Cuomo and Senate Republicans promised to cut taxes.

According to the Quinnipiac poll, New York state voters back the idea 63 percent to 32 percent. Even the richest New Yorkers support the tax hike with 59 percent of people making over $100,000 backing it. The plan also won the support of 64 percent of people making between $50-100,000 and 67 percent of those making less than $50,000, reports Bloomberg Business Week.

While voters in all regions of the state support the tax hike, there is one group that is decisively opposed to the idea, Republicans, who voted against it 58 percent to 39 percent.

As a result, that could mean Senate Republicans who share control of the chamber's majority could block de Blasio's bid to pay for an expanded early education program.

On the other hand, Democrats favored it 81 percent to 15 percent and independents agreed 61 percent to 33 percent.

"New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's campaign issue, raising taxes on the well-to-do in the city to pay for improvements in education, wins solid approval in every corner of the state, except among Republicans. And Republican State Senators still have a lot to say about what happens in Albany," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, according to the New York Daily News.