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Welcome to Florida--not!
Poll:
Most Florida voters support gay marriage ban amendment, but not enough
for passage (Not yet anyway! Remember Florida doesn't allow gay
adoptions! :O(
By Jim Ash
Florida Capital Bureau
TALLAHASSEE -- A
majority of Florida voters, but not enough to win passage, support a
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, according to a poll
released this morning.
The
Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University poll shows that Florida voters
support the measure by a margin of 55 percent to 41 percent, shy of the
60 percent supermajority required for passage on Nov. 4.
The
support is slightly lower than the 58-37 showing by the same poll on
June 3. Partisan voters are sharply split, with Republicans supporting
the measure 76-21 percent and Democrats opposing it, 51 percent to 45
percent.
"The 55 percent level of support for the same-sex
marriage ban is a bit surprising given that similar amendments have
passed in a dozen states," said Quinnipiac assistant director Peter
Brown. "But backers have eight weeks to close that five-point gap by
changing some minds and winning over the undecided voters."
The
same poll also showed Gov. Charlie Crist's popularity still riding
high, with a 61 percent job approval. That's a decline from the 70
percent Crist had at the beginning of his administration.
Quinnipiac surveyed 1,427 Florida voters from Sept. 2-4. The margin of error is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.
posted on Sept 8, 2008 7:52 PM ()
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