In a InWeekly/Political Matrix poll of 909 likely Florida voters, we found very strong opinions for five issues that failed to pass in the 2019 Florida Legislative Session but are likely to come up again next year.
Voters don’t like surveying faculty and students about their political views (74%-26%); support banning fracking (55%-33%); disapprove of giving insurance companies their genetic testing info (81%-13%); support term limits for school boards (64%-23%); and want to raise smoking age to 21 (61%-34%).
Will the lawmakers listen to the voters or the lobbyists in 2020?
What is your opinion of colleges being required to survey faculty members and students about their ideological viewpoints?
| Responses: 909 | Total | Overall % |
| Support | 238 | 26.2 |
| Don’t Support | 671 | 73.8 |
Do you support the banning of the oil and gas drilling technique known as “fracking†in Florida?
| Responses: 909 | Total | Overall % |
| Yes | 504 | 55.4 |
| No | 300 | 33.0 |
| Undecided | 105 | 11.6 |
With regards to genetic information and privacy issues, do you think life insurance companies should be allowed to use genetic-testing information in making decisions about customers’ policies as well as the prices they would pay?
| Responses: 909 | Total | Overall % |
| Yes | 117 | 12.9 |
| No | 735 | 80.9 |
| Undecided | 57 | 6.3 |
Do you support the legislature imposing an eight-year term limit on school board members?
| Responses: 909 | Total | Overall % |
| Yes | 584 | 64.2 |
| No | 213 | 23.4 |
| Undecided | 112 | 12.3 |
With regards to the age limit for smoking, do you think the age limit for smoking should be changed from 18 to 21, while not allowing local ordinances to override or side-step the law?
| Responses: 909 | Total | Overall % |
| Yes | 550 | 60.5 |
| No | 309 | 34.0 |
| Undecided | 50 | 5.5 |
METHODLOGY
The persons sampled were likely Florida voters with a voting score of 100% for the general election cycles. The voters were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 1-7 p.m. between May 10-11. The Margin of Error for this study is +/- 4.5% with a confidence level of 95%.