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Survey shows Mainers support gay rights law
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Aug 18, 2005 06:43pm |
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| Category | Poll |
| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Friday, August 19, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Clarke Canfield, Associated Press Writer | August 18, 2005
PORTLAND, Maine --Three out of five Mainers would vote to uphold the state's new gay rights law in a November referendum that seeks to overturn it, according to a statewide survey released Thursday.
The Strategic Marketing Services poll found that 61 percent of those surveyed would vote to uphold the law or are leaning toward keeping it. About 28 percent said they would vote to reject the law or are leaning that way, with 11 percent undecided.
The survey is a snapshot of likely voters' opinions and doesn't purport to predict the election's outcome, said Patrick Murphy, president of Strategic Marketing Services. The results are likely to change depending on the success of each side's arguments, media coverage, voter scrutiny and other factors.
"This election will come down to which of the campaigns is most successful at getting out its core supporters," he said.
The Strategic Marketing Services omnibus poll touched on a broad range of issues, including the economy, technology, legislative term limits, Gov. John Baldacci's performance, the state's Dirigo Health Program, an Indian racino and the Boston Red Sox.
The quarterly poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points, was based on telephone interviews with 400 randomly selected adults from July 23 to July 30.
The gay rights issue was the only survey question pertaining to November's election. |
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