Q1. In 2016 Maine approved a measure that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference. Would you approve of such a system for primaries and other contests with more than two candidates?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
24%
26%
22%
6%
30%
36%
27%
26%
22%
24%
Provisionally yes, depending on the details
49%
38%
61%
43%
57%
48%
54%
53%
46%
49%
Provisionally no, depending on the details
6%
10%
2%
12%
1%
6%
8%
7%
5%
6%
No
16%
25%
6%
32%
8%
8%
6%
9%
22%
16%
Don't know
5%
2%
8%
8%
5%
2%
6%
5%
4%
5%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. A bill advancing through the Maryland legislature would require presidential candidates to file tax returns two months prior to the general election with the state board of elections. Failure to do so would result in a candidate's removal from the ballot. Your thoughts? (Please pick 4, one from each set. Similar bills in California and New Jersey were vetoed)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
I approve of the requirement that candidates file returns
59%
51%
67%
30%
53%
98%
63%
54%
61%
59%
I disapprove of the requirement that candidates file returns
36%
42%
30%
64%
38%
2%
19%
40%
36%
36%
This requirement will pass in Maryland
47%
46%
47%
38%
46%
57%
16%
43%
56%
47%
This requirement will not pass in Maryland
26%
21%
31%
29%
33%
14%
52%
26%
20%
26%
Other state(s) will pass similar requirements
49%
46%
52%
30%
53%
66%
57%
45%
50%
49%
No other state will pass similar requirements
24%
22%
26%
35%
24%
11%
19%
26%
24%
24%
The requirement is Constitutional
38%
28%
49%
12%
41%
64%
49%
30%
42%
38%
The requirement is not Constitutional
36%
42%
29%
60%
38%
7%
19%
41%
35%
36%
None of these
1%
1%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
1%
0%
1%
Don't know
6%
4%
7%
8%
8%
0%
19%
10%
0%
6%
Don't care
1%
3%
0%
0%
4%
0%
13%
0%
0%
1%
Q3. A plan to split California into three states qualified for the Nov 6 ballot in that state. Your thoughts? (please pick 2, one from each set)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
It will pass
5%
8%
2%
4%
8%
3%
0%
3%
7%
5%
It won't pass
85%
88%
83%
78%
86%
92%
100%
85%
83%
85%
I'd like to see it pass
26%
29%
24%
27%
44%
6%
65%
22%
22%
26%
I wouldn't like to see it pass
56%
59%
52%
41%
46%
83%
30%
55%
61%
56%
None of these
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Don't know
5%
1%
10%
9%
6%
1%
0%
5%
6%
5%
Don't care
5%
2%
8%
15%
0%
0%
0%
11%
2%
5%
The last time a US state was split was 1863, when residents of 39 counties in Virginia voted to form a new state rather than join the Confederacy. The original name was to be Kanawha, but the state was ultimately called West Virginia.
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