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North Carolina voters opposed to anti-gay marriage amendment?

Mar 23, 2009 11:24

A new poll has found that voters in North Carolina - a southern state - are narrowly divided on a constitutional ban of gay marriage. The Elon University poll, which has a margin of error of 4% and 620 participants, found that 43% of respondents support a hypothetical ban, while 50% are opposed. The poll is in response to the state GOP calling for ( Read more... )

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a_tergo_lupi March 23 2009, 19:34:46 UTC

FL polled about 60% opposed to our Amendment 2 up until about 2 weeks before the election.

I'm generally opposed to any ideation of any regional monolith concepts, though.

tko_ak March 23 2009, 19:37:02 UTC

Considering how overwhelmingly these amendments have passed throughout the south, I don't think it's a stretch to be surprised that half of a southern state's residents would be opposed to such an amendment.

Of course, this poll means nothing of consequences. I just found it interesting.

a_tergo_lupi March 23 2009, 19:44:54 UTC

Every state that's had a ballot initiative to ban gay marriage has passed it.

tko_ak March 23 2009, 20:27:01 UTC

Yes (although Arizona rejected theirs in 2006, and passed it in 2008). You don't have to sell me on the reality that these amendments pass in both red states and blue states ( ... )

anarchys_savior March 23 2009, 21:09:53 UTC

NC has a surprising amount of gays in surprising places. Asheville is a gay-friendly city, but it's in southwestern NC in the middle of nowhere. It's a pretty place, but not a place you would think would be gay-friendly.

Still, that poll surprises me.

alchemy_ruler March 23 2009, 21:17:41 UTC

As someone from NC it doesn't actually surprise me that much. Also, the fact that the poll was conducted by a college somewhat skews the vote I think. They made no mention of the age or other characteristics, if the participants were chosen at random ect. The areas in NC around colleges tend to be very liberal,very populated, and very white with a few exceptions (like my hometown). NC also has a decent number of Hispanic people, which as CA showed are more likely to vote for anti-gay amendments, a lot of whom are probably not registered to vote (the poll did mention that those who were polled were "voters"). All of those are likely to have somewhat skewed the results.

Love my state... but I have no illusions about it.