Definitely a solid defeat, I dunno if I'd conclude that that means it'll be harder next time, though. Look at gay marriage initiatives, a series of defeats in

Definitely a solid defeat, I dunno if I'd conclude that that means it'll be harder next time, though. Look at gay marriage initiatives, a series of defeats in state after state, but getting a little closer most of the time until they wound up passing in a lot of places (except CA, heh). A 45% showing makes it a definitively non-fringe opinion and moves the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window