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Article: Business execs favor ban on preferences; Poll: Majority would vote for amendment.(Column)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- June 6, 2005
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Byline: Terry Kosdrosky
A majority of small and midsize business owners and managers surveyed in a Crain's poll support a state constitutional amendment banning racial, gender and ethnic preferences in state government and universities.
The findings mirror another poll by John Bailey & Associates, which was commissioned by the Detroit Regional Chamber. Crain's poll, conducted by EPIC-MRA, had a larger sample size. (See box, Page 88.)
Both polls showed 53 percent of respondents would vote "yes'' to enact an amendment, an issue expected to be on the state ballot next year. Most respondents in both polls were small and midsize businesses.