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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 07:37 PM
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Poll: CA split on same sex marriage/Ballot measure for 2010 appears gaining steam
Poll: CA split on same sex marriage/Ballot measure for 2010 appears gaining steam

Just as another New England state greenlit same sex marriage Wednesday, a new California poll released Wednesday found that Californians are roughly split on same sex marriage. ("When asked, 'Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose allowing same -- sex couples to be legally married," 47 percent say favor and 48 percent say oppose. The poll was taken before last week's CA Supreme Court decision affirming Proposition 8.

So dead even, in margin of error terms, said co-pollster David Binder.

"I'm not suprised," said Charles Sheehan, co-director of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club. "It's better than we were last fall."

The poll was comissioned by a group of same sex marriage supporter groups as a way to help them figure out their next steps -- like when to ask voters to vote again on the issue. Here's what Binder and co-pollster Amy Simon found:

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=41129&tsp=1

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Massacure Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 07:46 PM
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1. What were the polls like 2 years ago?
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 07:49 PM
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2. Iirc, anti-H8 started out with a significant lead in the polls
that evaporated as the H8 campaign got their hate on. The H8 people were vastly underestimated, imo.
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blue_onyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-03-09 08:43 PM
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3. Hopefully it gets on the ballot and things go better this time
Are there any sites that poll all states on the issue of gay marriage? Just curious about where the rest of the states stand, including my own.
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