Press Release: Poll puts ‘No on 105′ ahead
October 28, 2008
Recent poll by Cronkite/Eight puts ‘No on Prop 105’ ahead
51 percent of registered voters polled would vote no on Prop 105
Today, the most recent statewide telephone poll by Cronkite/Eight was released and showed that 51 percent of registered voters polled would vote no on Prop 105 on Election Day.
The Cronkite/Eight poll found that Proposition 105, which would require a majority of all registered voters, rather than just a majority of those actually voting, to vote yes to pass tax or spending measures, was trailing with only 27 percent in favor of the measure, 51 percent against it and 22 percent undecided.
“With less than a week until Election Day it is critical that the Arizona voters continue to educate those who are undecided about the pitfalls of Prop 105,” said John Wright, chair, The Voters of Arizona No on Prop 105 Committee. “This election could bring close to 80 percent turnout and this is not the time to take away one of our most precious rights – the right to vote.”
If passed Prop 105 would require that 80 percent of those actually voting on a ballot initiative would need to vote yes for it to pass. Prop 105 effectively kills the initiative process in Arizona by giving people who don’t vote a voice and that is just wrong. If Prop 105 was already in place, not a single initiative that was passed by voters since 1974 would have passed under Prop 105 wording.
The poll of 1,019 registered voters in Arizona was conducted by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and Eight/KAET during Oct. 23-26, and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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