To show a unified feminist front against the CCRI, NOW chose San Francisco as the site of its annual rally in March. For 176 years, the YWCA has avoided involvement in political activity. These assertions are absurd. It is no mystery why sex is being emphasized.
Preferences based on race are as unpopular in California as they are in the rest of the nation.
From 1986 to 1994, the American National Election Studies biennial survey consistently measured the opposition to racial preferences at around 80 percent. So they are trying to scare women into thinking that the CCRI will lead to discrimination against them. But the strategy won't work. Polls by Charlton Research show no gender gap in the support for the CCRI, with 57 percent of both men and women supporting the initiative. There are four major reasons why women tend to support the California Civil Rights Initiative.