Whether Georgians think the gun bill Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law last week will affect the state’s ability to attract business depends largely on how they view the legislation itself.
Those are the findings of a poll Atlanta-based InsiderAdvantage released Tuesday exclusively to Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Much smaller percentages of white, male and Republican voters said the bill expanding licensed gun owners’ right to carry their weapons would negatively affect Georgia’s chances of landing new businesses than black, female and Democratic voters.
A poll of the underlying legislation InsiderAdvantage published in February found support for the bill fell along similar lines.
“Women can’t stand it. Men are more likely to favor it,” InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery said. “Republicans favor it more than Democrats, and independents are evenly split.”
Overall, 25.8 percent of 759 likely Georgia voters surveyed by telephone the evening of April 27 said the gun bill would have a positive effect on the state’s business recruiting prospects, while 35.6 percent said the legislation would have a negative impact. Thirty-one percent said the bill would have no effect, and 7.6 percent were undecided.
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