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Poll Shows 6 in 10 Hoosiers Believe RFRA Was Not
Needed
By Ian Hoover­ 21Alive
Poll Shows 6 in 10 Hoosiers Believe RFRA Was Not Needed
April 16, 2015 Updated Apr 16, 2015 at 1:52 PM EDT
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Powered by INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (21Alive) ­­ A new poll conducted by the Howey Politics Indiana shows 6 out of 10
Hoosiers thought the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was not needed.
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The controversial RFRA drew national and international attention from critics who said the law allowed for
discrimination against members of the LGBT community.
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Polling data shows 59%believe RFRA was not needed, with 30% saying it was. 48% of Republicans said the act
was needed, and 38% said it was needed.
HPI also reports that Governor Mike Pence's approval rating has suffered considerably.
In a release to the media, HPI wrote"In the 20 years that HPI has been publishing, and in the polling HPI has
conducted since 2008, an Indiana governor has never experienced this kind of survey decline in this short time
frame."
Pence's job approval rating stands at 45%, with 46% disapproving. In February, a public opinion poll conducted
on behalf of the Indiana Realtors had Pence's approval rating at 62%. A poll conducted last fall by Princeton
Survey Research on behalf of Ball State had a near identical result. This marks a near 20% approval rating drop
in a matter of months.
However, polling data did show that most Hoosiers (55%) thought RFRA was originally designed to protect
religious freedom and 28% of Hoosiers thought it was meant to discriminate against against the LGBT
community. What are your thoughts CLICK HERE to leave us a "QUESTION OF THE DAY” comment.
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