Post by SoulTrainOz on Jul 20, 2006 7:40:08 GMT -5
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Slightly more than 1/2 of the respondents in a new poll support banning gay marriage and bringing back the death penalty in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center found about 52 percent of those surveyed favored an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting gay marriage, while nearly 44 % opposed it.
The amendment will appear on ballots statewide in the November election, the last step before it can be added to the constitution. The measure already has passed two consecutive legislative sessions.
The November ballot also includes an advisory referendum on whether Wisconsin should reinstate the death penalty in murder convictions supported by DNA evidence.
Monday's poll found about 55 % of those surveyed supported the death penalty under such circumstances while about 37 % opposed it.
The Badger Poll surveyed 508 randomly chosen people between June 23 and July 2. The telephone poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
About 57 % of men and about 77 % of Republicans surveyed said they favored the gay marriage amendment. Nearly 59 % of the total respondents said they favored civil unions.
Another poll released July 10 found support and opposition to the
amendment was evenly split. That poll, conducted June 18-19 by the nonpartisan political Web site Wispolitics.com, found about 49 % supported it while 48 % opposed it.
The latest poll also asked whether the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without parole is a better punishment for murder. About 49 % chose life without parole, while about 44 % chose death.
Wisconsin banned capital punishment in 1853.
On the Net: Badger Poll: www.uwsc.wisc.edu/bpoll.htm
(source: Associated Press)
Slightly more than 1/2 of the respondents in a new poll support banning gay marriage and bringing back the death penalty in Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin Survey Center found about 52 percent of those surveyed favored an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting gay marriage, while nearly 44 % opposed it.
The amendment will appear on ballots statewide in the November election, the last step before it can be added to the constitution. The measure already has passed two consecutive legislative sessions.
The November ballot also includes an advisory referendum on whether Wisconsin should reinstate the death penalty in murder convictions supported by DNA evidence.
Monday's poll found about 55 % of those surveyed supported the death penalty under such circumstances while about 37 % opposed it.
The Badger Poll surveyed 508 randomly chosen people between June 23 and July 2. The telephone poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
About 57 % of men and about 77 % of Republicans surveyed said they favored the gay marriage amendment. Nearly 59 % of the total respondents said they favored civil unions.
Another poll released July 10 found support and opposition to the
amendment was evenly split. That poll, conducted June 18-19 by the nonpartisan political Web site Wispolitics.com, found about 49 % supported it while 48 % opposed it.
The latest poll also asked whether the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without parole is a better punishment for murder. About 49 % chose life without parole, while about 44 % chose death.
Wisconsin banned capital punishment in 1853.
On the Net: Badger Poll: www.uwsc.wisc.edu/bpoll.htm
(source: Associated Press)