In Indiana they have now hired a PR firm to improve the state's image and Governor Pence's approval rating fell down 20 points.
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The state will spend the coming days building a public relations strategy with the firm and stakeholders across the state and plans to spend $2 million with Porter Novelli, plus however much more is needed in actual advertising buys.
"The recent controversy has advanced the thinking of just a lot of people, that you can't take for granted that people know what Indiana is," said Chris Cotterill, general counsel for the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
The state took a major public relations hit at the start of the month with the swirl of negative attention surrounding Gov. Mike Pence's signing of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. There is little doubt that Indiana's national image took a hit, but nobody has been able to quantify exactly how much damage was done.
The group gauged Pence's job approval at 43 percent in the week after the national RFRA debate...Polls before the RFRA debate put Pence's approval rating as high as 66 percent
Even though it was just media backlash, it was so unexpectedly big this sort of worries me LGBT might not get protected status in courts because of the growing positive public opinion (at least in perception).
On one side a lot of noise can be made, but other other side, LGBT still don't have political power to even pass anti-discrimination laws through ballot initiatives in many states (the recent defeat in Springfield, MO makes this evident).
Even though it was just media backlash, it was so unexpectedly big this sort of worries me LGBT might not get protected status in courts because of the growing positive public opinion (at least in perception).
On one side a lot of noise can be made, but other other side, LGBT still don't have political power to even pass anti-discrimination laws through ballot initiatives in many states (the recent defeat in Springfield, MO makes this evident).
There the problem was voter apathy just like in midterms. It passed 51%-49 on an awful turnout rate :/
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- New bill specifically says LGBT can't be refused service 
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