The NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll, taken Aug. 20 to Sept. 1, found the opposition holds in both parties, and Republican officials in deep-red counties have already passed local moratoriums.
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The strong-opposition breakdown comes only from the NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll cited in the story; other named sources give overall opposition but not this intensity split.
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Republican officials in deep-red counties have already passed local moratoriums
Supported by named trackers (Good Jobs First, SAVRN, Interconnected Capital, WFYI on Indiana counties, NBC's Dawn Vogel Iowa county item), but the story presents the partisan characterization without naming a source.