How would a referendum on turning your city into a dry city go?

[Speed of Sound]

Uuummm.....100% against, and maybe a rebellion.

[bergie72]

With only a Yes/No response, the results would be
Yes 5%
No  7%
Write In -- HELL NO 88%

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Depends.  Fully dry, epic fail, but a Sunday dry would have a decent shot of passing.

[CultureKing]

Probably fail 90% against and 10% for, the legalization of marijuana that would be on the same ballot would probably pass 60%-40%, if the college kids could vote: 65%-35%

[Erc]

heck, just last year the voters of the state of massachusetts rejected a referendum that would have allowed wine to be sold in grocery stores.  just shows how 'liberal' and 'progressive' we are here!

I was hoping for the passage of that referendum as some consolation for the rest of that election cycle....but nope, the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in their infinite wisdom, decided against it.

Civilized places like California sell wine in grocery stores...


As for the referendum:  would fail miserably, even without the student vote.  We depend a bit too much on the tourist trade and we have a very, very socially liberal population. 

90%+ against.  (Before anyone says that'd be too much:  my town voted 80%+ for Kerry, as well.)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

My hometown - fail miserably.

Mount Pleasant, my college town - I actually think it could pass. A LOT of the 27,000 residents would vote for it - but I don't know how many of the 20,000 students change their voter registration address to up here - I think it'd be close, but it COULD pass.

I'd be curious if anybody's tried this in a college town.

[AkSaber]

For Anchorage, at least a 60-40 fail. I'm being generous with the 40% there.

[GMantis]

It would be considered some sort of joke.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

itd probably pass.

heck, just last year the voters of the state of massachusetts rejected a referendum that would have allowed wine to be sold in grocery stores.  just shows how 'liberal' and 'progressive' we are here!

i may be wrong, but i still dont think liquor-by-the-drink is allowed here in medford.

liberal, my ass.

I think it's more negative connotations wet cities like Somerville and Cambridge have (most notably, the drunk, homeless guys begging for change).  I think Arlington is actually a dry town, IIRC.  I wouldn't be surprised if Medford would vote to make itself dry, but I'd suspect there's enough Tufts spillover that wet would carry the day.

Somerville is a good mix of old Italian families and yuppies/college kids.  I think dry would struggle to get to 30%.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

As in ban all sales of alcohol? Not so well. But Bangor was always drier than average back when there were local referenda on whether or not alcohol could be sold on Sundays.

[Willy Woz]

Here in suburban King, NC, it would probably pass by a slight majority. Back in Dallas it would be 80-20%, pretty much.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Here in suburban King, NC, it would probably pass by a slight majority. Back in Dallas it would be 80-20%, pretty much.

Epic fail.

[Sensei]

in Miami?
85-15

in Tallahassee?
Not Sure

[afleitch]

Resoundingly defeated.

[memphis]

Fail miserably. Every drunk who hasn't voted in years would show up to vote. We could probably have badas* turnout for a general election if this referendum were on the ballout.