A newly released Badger Poll suggests that a good majority of Wisconsinites support Civil Unions, nearly 60%. This seems consistent with other polls taken on Civil Unions. The poll revealed that the only age group that did not have a majority supporting Civil Unions was 60 and older. Also, Independents actually had a higher percentage (71.2%) supporting Civil Unions than even the Democrats (67.5%). Even 42.2% of Republicans supported Civil Unions.
The obvious question is, if Wisconsinites support Civil Unions, would they vote for the proposed Amendment that will ban them?
This poll also states that just over half of the respondents favored the Amendment banning gay marriage and civil unions. If the 4 point margin of error is factored in, this verifies the data from a recent poll released by WisPolitics. The state appears to be split down the middle on the Amendment.
Given the good support for Civil Unions in Wisconsin, it will be critical to keep informing voters that the Amendment would ban those very unions. Fair Wisconsin is off to a great start with their first TV ad, which does just that.
*Originally posted on One Wisconsin Now's One Blog at
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