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发帖数: 19713 | 1 A new Quinnipiac poll reveals that a majority of New Jersey voters continue
to support same-sex marriage and want a referendum on the issue.
BY Julie Bolcer
May 17 2012 10:55 AM ET
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According to the poll, voters in the Garden State back same-sex marriage by
53% to 42%, which is on par with findings from the winter. However, voters
across all age groups also want a referendum on the issue, a finding also in
line with polls earlier this year.
Among those who support same-sex marriage, support is highest among voters
under 35 years old, where voters favor it by 77% to 18%. Voters over 55 are
opposed by 53% to 41%. Majorities of Democrats, independents, African-
Americans, and those with college degrees support same-sex marriage.
Republicans overwhelmingly oppose same-sex marriage by 30% to 65%, according
to the poll.
Governor Chris Christie vetoed a marriage equality bill passed by the
legislature in February. The Q poll results show that voters think he did
the wrong thing by 48% to 44%, a slight reverse from March, when the Q poll
found that voters thought the governor did the right thing by 48% to 47%.
According to the latest poll, 48% of voters say the legislature should
override the governor’s veto, while 45% do not want an override. The state
legislature has until the end of its current session in January 2014 to
accomplish the override.
The Republican governor, who supports the current civil unions law, said at
the time of his veto that he wanted lawmakers to allow a referendum on the
issue. The Democratic-controlled legislature and civil rights leaders
sharply criticized the idea. However, the Q poll finds that voters support
the referendum idea by 67% to 27%, with support from all age groups, even
those voters under 35 who overwhelming support same-sex marriage.
"New Jerseyans like Gov. Christopher Christie and are divided on whether his
veto of the same-sex marriage bill was right or wrong,” said Maurice
Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a news
release. “And they're divided on whether the State Legislative should
override the veto.
"But voters overwhelmingly endorse Christie's idea of putting it up to a
referendum,” he said.”
The poll found that the majority of New Jersey voters - 64% - said that
President Barack Obama’s announcement of support for marriage equality
would not affect their presidential vote. Some 19% said it would make them
less likely to vote for Obama, while 16% said it would make them more likely
to vote for the president.
While the president’s announcement may have little affect on voters, his
new position does deny Governor Christie one of his chief talking points in
opposing marriage equality. As New Jersey Assembly Majority Leader Louis
Greenwald said last week, "In past statements opposing marriage equality,
Governor Christie has noted his feet were 'firmly planted right next to
President Obama' on this issue. Today, that is no longer true."
Greenwald has called upon Christie to follow the lead of Governor Lincoln
Chafee of Rhode Island this week and issue an executive order recognizing
same-sex marriages legally performed outside New Jersey. | g********d
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 现在想想，那个PROP ８官司真TMD的捣乱，要不然今年加州公投我们就赢了。 |
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