Posted on 10/07/2016 3:38:24 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
The Chargers stadium ballot measure is falling far short of the support needed for approval on Nov. 8 and backing for the initiative is shrinking instead of growing, according to a Union-Tribune/10News poll released Friday.
The survey shows 41 percent of likely voters say they are certain to vote against Measure C and 36 percent say they are certain to vote for it. The remaining 23 percent describe themselves as “not certain.”
If uncertain voters are removed from the results, the measure is opposed by 53 percent and supported by 47 percent, far short of the two-thirds support — 66.7 percent — required for approval.
If all of the uncertain voters are added to those in favor, the measure would still only get support from 59 percent of likely voters.
Because support for ballot measures tends to decrease as an election approaches, SurveyUSA president Jay Leve said Friday that it’s “almost certain” Measure C will fail.
"If there's some blockbuster development that could alter the course of history, maybe the support group rallies," said Leve, whose company conducted the poll. "But even it does rally, it would be unprecedented and historic in the annals of polling for something that's trailing 30 days before the election to come back and get a super majority of 67 percent."
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San Antonio Chargers sounds pretty good.
Yep, the team has not had a good year recently, and that’s a problem.
Awkward title, or I just have a knack for getting things wrong: I thought they were trying to measure the stadium, like it needed new drapes or something.
It couldn't happen to a nicer league.
No taxpayer money should ever be spent building stadiums for billionaire owners so there millionaire players have a place to play.
If they want a new stadium, let them build it with their own money.
It’s impossible to have a winning team there. Weather is too nice. Plus they got a nude beach.
More like Las Vegas Chargers
Why subsidize millionaires? They can build their own.
You are right, it is an awkward title. I did copy it straight from the newspaper's website. It is referring to a ballot measure - the voters of the City of San Diego need to approve the new visitor taxes to build a new stadium to benefit the NFL Chargers (the team that owner Dean Spanos has been telling us for years really should be the Los Angeles Chargers.)
San Antonio would be nice but I’d bet on Las Vegas.
Doesn’t San Diego already have high taxes on visitors (like hotel taxes)? It’s kind of a pricey destination.
Teams should have committed a minimum of 10% of all revenues to a new stadium fund. Then we wouldn't be having this crap we're having now.
It’s really irritating that public funds pay for stadiums, vote or not. What a perfect opportunity to have fan support by selling shares of stock.
Rented a car in Kansas City Missouri fr 6 weeks for a job in the south end of the state.
Got charged $6.00 dollars per day “Stadium Fee” just so out-of-towners renting a car at the airport would be the ones paying for the Kansas City chief’s stadium.
Sounds like the same issue we had in Pittsburgh when they built two shiny new stadiums with tax payer money. Two stadiums were proposed for Philadelphia as well to get support from the Eastern part of Pennsylvania.
They had a state wide referendum on the issue which was called “Plan A”. It was defeated 80% to 20% at the polls.
The legislature then went to “Plan B”.
Plan B was Plan A the only difference being that the voters had no choice in the matter because there was no referendum with Plan B.
The promised revenues were never seen and we are now paying for two shiny new stadiums in Pittsburgh, two in Philadelphia, and we’re STILL paying for Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, even though it doesn’t exist any more.
i was really hoping that everybody learned the lesson that Pennsylvania had to learn. Apparently not.
Stadium deal is getting Kaepernicked.
They are getting the Raiders. It's just about set in stone.
The lesson is...Power does what it wants.
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