When asked a second time that number dropped to 39%.
Any thoughts on that second referendum in BC?
Specifically, why it would be that after the first referendum surely increased public awareness of what was being voted on, and after the "Yes" side got more time and more opportunity to endorse a Yes vote, support for PR actually DROPPED?
I agree that this seems logical, but I don't know if there is another explanation for the facts. I live in Ontario, and wasn't paying that much attention to the second B.C. referendum. Perhaps someone who lives in B.C. and remembers the circumstances can tell us what they think. In any event, I have explained P.R. to dozens of personal acquaintances and almost all of them agree that it is a fairer system once they understand how it works. Unscientific, but convincing to me.