A new poll shows that a majority of North Carolina voters are not happy with the state's gay marriage rulings. Republicans are hoping to capitalize on that finding at the polls next week.
Nearly 60 percent of North Carolina voters oppose the federal court decisions that have legalized same-sex marriage in the state, according to a poll released by High Point University on Tuesday.
The survey found 36 percent of voters polled strongly or somewhat favor the court rulings earlier this month that cleared the way for same-sex marriages to be conducted and recognized across North Carolina.
According to the poll, 58 percent either strongly or somewhat opposed same-sex marriage in general. Six percent said they were undecided.
McClatchy Regional News reports that Republicans hope to tap into that disquiet on election day. The National Organization for Marriage spent $117,000 on mailers distributed Monday that oppose Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and support her Republican challenger, N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis.
Some political observers see Tillis as the most obvious beneficiary of any turnout boost from the change in the law.
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