Interesting
Oct 31st, 2006 at 8:56 am by Susie
Via the Rothenberg Political Report, some interesting trends in state ballot initiatives:
Of special note are one poll which shows Arizona’s same-sex marriage ban trailing badly (though another poll has it comfortably ahead); a second recent survey in blue-state Oregon that has a parental-consent-for-abortion measure up by 20 points; and big leads for two measures that would require government to either pay landholders for regulatory barriers to development or else waive those regulations.
In addition, conservatives will be happy with some of the poll results on immigration restrictions and an effort to curb affirmative action, while liberals will be pleased to find minimum-wage hikes winning easily in two states won twice by President Bush.
They must have polled the Oregon on Bizzaro World, ’cause it ain’t the Oregon I live in. Most folks around here see it for what it is, which, like abortion itself (and eventually birth control), is not about the health of the woman, but about control over the woman.