New Civiqs survey finds top-two primary initiative failing in Florida
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Civiqs’ new poll for Daily Kos finds 51% of Florida voters opposing Amendment 3, which would establish a top-two primary system in state-level races like governor and state legislature starting in 2024, while only 36% support it; respondentsNew Civiqs survey finds top-two primary initiative failing in Florida
Civiqs’ new poll for Daily Kos finds 51% of Florida voters opposing Amendment 3, which would establish a top-two primary system in state-level races like governor and state legislature starting in 2024, while only 36% support it; respondents also favor Joe Biden 51-47 here. Amendment 3 would not apply to federal elections such as the presidential or congressional contests due to limitations on the scope of any single initiative. We’ve seen only two other surveys in the past month asking about this important ballot question, and they’ve each found very different numbers than Civiqs. A mid-September poll from Monmouth found Amendment 3 passing 63-21, which is more than the 60% of the vote that constitutional amendments need in order to go into effect in Florida. An early October survey from the University of North Florida, meanwhile, also found the yes camp ahead by a large 58-36 margin. As we’ve mentioned before, though, ballot measures are notoriously difficult to poll, so the widely divergent results on a question like this are not unusual. Read more