Comments on: LA Times Poll: Californians support marriage equality

By: johnathan

johnathan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:41:33 +0000

I tend to be skeptical of poll results until, as a previous commenter stated, the numbers — in any direction — reach 60 percent or higher. Success at the ballot box — as opposed to results of a public or private poll — is determined by the actual persons who vote. Fortunately, or unfortunately, certain groups of people tend to vote more often than not, and it is vital for LGBT groups to encourage a supportive voting bloc to not only state their voting intentions in a poll, but to actually show up and cast said supportive votes AT THE BOOTH.

By: Lynn David

Lynn David — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:50:22 +0000

When it gets above 60% I think you can work with it. Until then that 12% Yes/not so strongly, is probably those who feel like saying they are for marriage rights and yet would vote against them.

By: Titus

Titus — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:33:22 +0000

This is good, but we need to gain several percentage points before we have a good chance of winning at the polls. Public opinion tends to shift towards a don’t-change-the-status-quo stance (a “NO” vote) during the course of a referendum campaign. In addition, one has to take into consideration the “gay Bradley effect.”