As awareness of Proposition 54, the so-called Racial Privacy Initiative, has increased, there has been a significant decline in voter disposition to approve the measure.
During the past month, the proportion of likely voters in the October 7 election who have seen or heard of the initiative that would prevent state and local governments from collecting racial and ethnic data about state residents has increased from 41% to 54%.
As the measure and its provisions have become better known support for it has declined. Two months ago, when only 25% had any prior awareness of the initiative, it was favored by a 50% to 29% margin. In August, as awareness increased to 41%, 46% of likely voters supported it and 35% were opposed.
Now, with a 54% majority cognizant of the initiative, voters are evenly split in their vot intentions -- 40% in favor and 40% against, with 20% undecided.
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posted in data on September 11, 2003 4:06 PM | t (2)
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