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- From: kpm@druhi.ATT.COM (Kevin Malloy (DoD #106))
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- Subject: Denver Post/News 4 CO:2 Poll
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- Date: 3 Jan 93 22:25:59 GMT
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- Here's the results of a recent Denver Post/News 4 (KCNC Denver) poll
- conducted after the November Election. These results were published
- in today's (2 Jan 93) Denver Post, Page 1A (above the fold). Reproduced
- without permission.
-
- The poll was conducted by Talmey/Drake Research & Strategy. 606 random
- telephone interviews (407 in the Denver 6-county metro area) between
- Dec 15-23, 1992. Margin of error, +-4%
-
- ---
-
- If you had the opportunity to change your vote on Amendment 2, would you
- change it, or would you keep your vote the way it was?
-
- Change: 4% Keep the same: 94% Don't Know: 2%
-
- Gay Rights
- ----------
-
- Does the call for a boycott of Colorado by homosexual rights groups make you
- more likely or less likely to support the repeal of Amendment 2?
-
- More Likely: 25% Less Likely: 43% No Difference: 28% Don't Know: 4%
-
- Will the boycott hurt the state's economy or in the end will it help?
-
- Hurt economy: 48% Help Economy: 20% No Effect: 25% Don't Know: 7%
-
- Do you think Colorado voters will vote in favor of repealing Amendment 2
- or against repealing it?
-
- For repeal: 36% Against repeal: 49% Undecided: 14% No Answer: 1%
-
- In light of the passage of Amendment #2 some people are saying that people
- in Colorado are more prejudiced against homosexuals than in other states...
- What do you think? Are people in Colorado more tolerant or less tolerant?
-
- More tolerant: 48% Less tolerant: 15% About the Same: 25% Don't Know: 12%
-
-
- Perceptions of Gays
- -------------------
-
- Agree Disagree
- Strongly Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Strongly D/K
- Homosexuals should be
- allowed to serve in the
- armed forces 41% 18% 5% 8% 22% 6%
-
- Homosexuality os morally
- wrong 31% 9% 7% 12% 36% 5%
-
- A homosexual is more likely
- to sexually molest children
- than a person who is
- heterosexual 4% 2% 5% 17% 61% 11%
-
- Except for their choice
- of sexual partners,
- homosexuals are not really
- different from anyone else 60% 21% 1% 6% 7% 5%
-
- When homosexuals talk about
- gay rights, what they are
- really saying is that they
- want special treatment. 32% 22% 3% 12% 28% 3%
-
- Homosexual couples -- that
- is, couples of the same sex --
- should be allowed to adopt
- children 18% 17% 9% 12% 37% 7%
-
- Most homosexuals would
- rather be straight, if they
- had a choice. 9% 10% 8% 19% 32% 22%
-
- Homosexuals shouldn't be
- allowed to teach in the
- public schools 10% 8% 5% 21% 52% 4%
-
- Homosexual behavior should
- be against the law, even if
- it occurs between consenting
- adults 9% 4% 5% 14% 64% 4%
-
- Most homosexuals could quit
- being gay if they really
- tried. 11% 8% 7% 16% 44% 14%
-
- The average person is not
- nearly so prejudiced against
- homosexuals as many gay-
- rights activists would want
- people to believe 40% 28% 5% 13% 8% 6%
-
- If an Amendment 2 type law
- were put on the ballot in
- other states, it would
- pass in most of them 22% 31% 5% 15% 11% 16%
-
-
- When interpreting the results of this poll, polls immediately before the
- election showed #2 being defeated 54-40% (6% undecided). Now, 48% say
- they voted "yes", 46% say they voted "no", and 6% refused to answer.
-
-
- ------
- And now, my interpretation of these numbers.
-
- First, I notice that the question pertaining to repeal was not "will you vote
- to repeal" but "will the voters repeal it". So, let's not get too discouraged
- by the 36% "For Repeal".
-
- I believe this survey shows how tolerant Coloradans are, something I knew
- all along. It reinforces the theory that Coloradans by and large voted out
- of misunderstanding, not hatred. (Well, some, maybe 20%, voted out of
- hatred.) Somehow, CFV was able to make people believe that if they voted
- "no" on #2, gays and lesbians would get "special rights", defined by some
- as quota preferences and the like, and they voted "yes" to stop this. Polls
- here have consistently said (and they're getting stronger) that gays and
- lesbians should _not_ be discriminated against in housing, employment,
- public accommodations, credit, etc., we shouldn't get "special rights",
- whatever that is.
-
- It is clear to me that to turn this around, we've got to counter the
- "special rights" lie that CFV and their nationwide counterparts have
- spread. How? A long, slow process of education, I suppose.
-
- Kevin
-
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