New PPP Poll Finds Opposition to Amendment One is Growing
Raleigh, N.C. - A Public Policy Polling poll released Jan. 12 indicates that opposition to North Carolina Amendment One is growing. The poll reported that only 56 percent of respondents plan to vote for the Amendment, down from 61 percent in a similar poll from October.
View the full results of the poll here.
This is not the first poll released that indicates there is growing opposition to the Amendment. Elon University released a poll in late September 2011, closely following the vote in the N.C. General Assembly that sent the Amendment to the primary ballot, in which 56 percent of those surveyed said they would oppose the Amendment.
In a followup poll in November, Elon pollsters found that the number of North Carolinians opposing the Amendment had risen to 57 percent, with only 37 percent saying they would support the Amendment. The same poll also reported that 59 percent of respondents supported some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples.
In the most recent PPP poll, 57 percent of respondents said they supported some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples, compared to only 40 percent of respondents saying they believed there should be no legal recognition for these couples.
Though there is some discrepancy between the Elon and PPP polls regarding the percentage of voters who plan to vote against Amendment One, the question of legal rights and recognition for same-gender couples presents consistent results between the two polling firms, with a solid majority of nearly 60 percent of respondents saying they supported some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples in our state.
Equality NC Executive Director Stuart Campbell said that the data from recent polls is encouraging to the large coalition of groups fighting against Amendment One. “These polls indicate that the momentum is on our side,” he said. “In the coming months, Equality NC and the Coalition to Protect ALL NC Families will continue to educate North Carolina voters about what the true effects of Amendment One will be. We have consistently seen that a majority of North Carolinians support some legal recognition for same-gender couples. We already have the support we need to defeat this amendment. We just need to be sure the voters know how harmful and far-reaching this amendment truly is.”
