Gov. Pat McCrory and His Anti-LGBTQ Law Are Tanking in the Polls

[Deborah]

Gov. Pat McCrory and His Anti-LGBTQ Law Are Tanking in the Polls

By Mark Joseph Stern

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/08/24/pat_mccrory_and_hb2_are_tanking_in_the_polls.html

North Carolina's gubernatorial race broke wide open this week as Democrat Roy Cooper galloped to a nine-point lead ahead of his rival, current Republican Gov. Pat McCrory. A Monmouth poll released on Wednesday suggests the race continues to break the Democrat's way, with Cooper solidifying the lead he has been steadily building for months.   . . .

The biggest drag on McCrory appears to be HB2, the anti-LGBTQ law the governor signed in March and has vigorously defended since. According to the Monmouth poll, 55 percent of voters disapprove of HB2, while only 36 approve of the measure.  . . .
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This is significant.  If he loses it will send a strong message to other politicians considering implementing anti trans laws.  The base calling for these laws is well financed and very loud, but they are not winning the battle for public opinion.  People are apparently seeing through their obfuscations and heavy handed tactics.

[RobynD]

Great. Bigotry is taking hits left and right and demographics are against it.

[becky.rw]

His mistake I think was being so vocal; a law like that can seem innocuous enough to the average person, even the average church attending Christian; but there's no way to talk about it without it ending up looking like persecution of the weak and vulnerable; whether consciously or subconsciously perceived.

Whatever one thinks about the general issue; there's no way to seem NOT mean and cruel to the heart...

So I think he's losing a good bunch of people that would otherwise naturally vote for him, just because he's made himself seem like a cruel sob.  And no one wants a cruel sob for their governor.

[WorkingOnThomas]

You reap what you sow.

Seems to be the current theme of the GOP as a whole, in fact.

[KathyLauren]

That's the first good news out of NC in a while.  Good to hear.

[BeverlyAnn]

On this issue, look at the difference between McCrory and Gov. Nathan Deal, a republican in Georgia.  When a so called religious freedom bill passed the General Assembly in Georgia, Deal took his time, saw what the effect would be and vetoed it.  He said there is no need for ANY discrimination against citizens and visitors to Georgia for others to have religious freedom.  Of course the fact that Georgia could lose billions just from the movie industry alone was probably enough incentive for Deal to veto it.  Yes, there was wailing, gnashing of teeth and tearing of clothes among a few in the General Assembly but overall, very little said. 

Despite the fact that HB2 has cost North Carolina hundreds of millions in money and jobs, our local religious nut, Josh McKoon says he will be back next year with another religious freedom bill and as a cherry on top, a bathroom bill.  I guess Liberty Council finally got around to giving him a "campaign contribution" to introduce a bathroom law.  Several people I'm friends with on Facebook have actually tried to engage McKoon in dialog about the bills but they generally get called names by him and attacked so much they end up blocking him.  The man truly earns his description as on of the most disliked people under the capitol dome.