Poll: North Carolinians Strongly Support Inclusive Bullying Bill
7/16/2008 - An overwhelming majority of North Carolinians, across party lines, support a provision to specifically protect children from bullying based on their sexual orientation, according to a poll released today by Public Policy Polling. 72% of those polled in a statewide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling expressed support for the provision. That includes 84% of Democrats, 72% of independents, and 58% of Republicans in the state.
The poll also showed universal support for the bill across all race, gender, and age lines.
“Although there’s certainly been a lot of noise in opposition to this provision of the bill, the results of this poll would indicate that’s coming from a pretty small minority of NorthCarolina’s population,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “When it comes to the public at large, they overwhelmingly think there should be a provision specifically naming sexual orientation as something children need to be protected from bullying for.”
PPP surveyed 683 likely voters on July 16th. The survey’s margin of error is +/-3.8%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.
Complete results can be found at www.publicpolicypolling.com.
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