With only 2 days left in the campaign,
a new poll shows a referendum which would legalize gay marriage in
Maine leading.
According to a Public Policy Survey of
1,633 likely voters, 52 percent of respondents said they plan to vote
for Question 1, while 45 percent said they plan to vote against it.
Three percent said they were not sure.
Pollsters, however, added
a caveat: “What we've found historically with these gay
marriage ballot measures though is that undecided voters tend to end
up voting anti-gay. So if I had to guess this is something more like
a 52/48 advantage and at that point it can go either way – this is
likely to be a pretty close vote.”
In 2009, lawmakers approved a marriage
equality law, but it was repealed with a “people's veto.” Three
years later, supporters are returning the question to the ballot box,
hoping to make Maine the first state to legalize such unions by
referendum.
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