The full text of the question is below.
Would you support or oppose a constitutional amendment to allow North Carolina voters to vote on judges every 2 years instead of every 8 years?
62% Total Support
24% Total Oppose
37% Strongly Support
26% Somewhat Support
13% Somewhat Oppose
11% Strongly Oppose
13% Don’t Know/ Need More Information
Civitas Institute President Francis De Luca said, “As both state and federal judges act more like legislators than neutral referees, it seems North Carolina voters may want to have more frequent judicial elections to match those of other representative bodies.”
This poll surveyed 600 registered, likely voters (30% on cell phones) with a margin of error of +/- 4.00%. This survey was taken February 7-9, 2017.
Full poll results will be available at our February Poll Breakfast this Thursday, February 16th at 7:45 am at the DoubleTree in downtown Raleigh. You can register and find more information here. To arrange an interview with Civitas President Francis De Luca, email Demi Dowdy at demi.dowdy@nccivitas.org or call (919) 747-8064.
Founded in 2005, the Civitas Institute is a Raleigh, NC-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit policy organization committed to creating a North Carolina whose citizens enjoy liberty and prosperity derived from limited government, personal responsibility and civic engagement. Civitas conducts the only regular live-caller polling of North Carolina voters.
Civitas has conducted live-caller voting in North Carolina since May 2005, and we are the only organization offering independent, nonpartisan data on current opinion. In the decade we’ve been conducting them, our polls have provided vital insights on what North Carolina voters truly think of the leaders and issues facing the state and nation.
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Absolutely, Judges need to have shorter terms. And furthermore, there needs to be more information about them made public. Anyone being trusted with that kind of authority needs to have past and present records and political views presented to the voters before elections.
Wouldn’t the same people also want term limits for federal judges? (including the Supreme Court?) Article V of the Constitution gives the States that power. Term limits, fiscal restraints on Congress, reducing the size and jurisdiction of the federal monster… the things that Congress will NEVER propose.
But WE can do it. It’s past time for an Article V Convention for proposing amendments/