58 percent of Jacksonville voters oppose RNC convention: poll

Source: The Hill | June 24, 2020 | J. Edward Moreno

Most voters in Jacksonville, Fla., do not want the Republican National Convention to be held in their city, according to a University of North Florida poll.

The poll found that 58 percent of voters in Jacksonville oppose holding the convention in the city and 42 percent said they support the move. Of those surveyed, 71 percent said they were concerned about the spread of the coronavirus and 65 percent said they worried about “social unrest” if the convention is held in the city.

When broken down by party, the survey found 19 percent of Republicans oppose hosting the party’s keynote convention events in Jacksonville, while about 90 percent of Democrats are opposed to the convention. Sixty-two percent of independents said they opposed having the convention in the city.

The Republican National Committee announced earlier this month that they were moving the convention to Jacksonville from Charlotte, N.C., after receiving pushback from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on social distancing measures and the number of people that would be allowed to attend events.

“National nominating conventions are polarizing events, and unsurprisingly the levels of support for Jacksonville hosting the RNC varies dramatically by partisanship,” Michael Binder, director of the Public Opinion Research Lab said in a statement. “Under the backdrop of a global pandemic that appears to have come more fervently to Florida, the opposition to this event being hosted locally seems much more concerning.” 

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