NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Only one in four voters supports plans for Nashville's new convention center -- but there's overwhelming support for putting the issue to public vote, according to an independent poll conducted for Channel 4 News.

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The scientific poll found that 26 percent of those polled supported Nashville's plans to build and finance the Music City Center. Fifty percent rejected the idea. Twenty-one percent were undecided. The remainder were unfamiliar with the issue.

One area where there was overwhelming support: letting voters decide. Some 72 percent of those asked believed the project should be delayed in order to hold a referendum.

If Metro Council members move ahead with the convention center and don't put the issue to a public vote, the poll suggests that some voters might express their displeasure in during the next election.

Forty-two percent of those polled said they would be less likely to support a politician for re-election if they supported the Music City Center project. Twenty-two percent said they would be more likely to re-elect those officials, and 37 percent said it wouldn't make a difference.

But when we asked those who opposed the project altogether, 87 percent of them said they would be less likely to re-elect a politician who votes in favor of it. Among the 26 percent of voters who said they support it, 69 percent of them said they would be more likely to re-elect a politician who supported the convention center.

The poll involved a random sample of 401 registered voters in Davidson County contacted by telephone Jan. 4 and 5. The poll was conducted by the research firm Crawford, Johnson and Northcott.

The survey has a margin of error of +/-4 percent.

Full Questions, Results From Poll

Do you support Metro Nashville's efforts to finance and build a new Music City Center convention facility?

Yes, I support it.......................................................................... 103 ; 26%

No, I don't support it................................................................... 202 ; 50%

Undecided................................................................................. 85 ; 21%

Not familiar / Never heard of it.................................................. 11 ; 3%

Should Metro government delay action on the convention center in order to have voters decide the issue in a public referendum?

Yes.............................................................................................290 ; 72%

No..............................................................................................77 ; 19%

Undecided / Don't know............................................................ 34 ; 8%

Would you be more or less likely to re-elect a politician who votes in favor of the Music City Center project?

More likely to re-elect........................................................... 1.. 87 ; 22%

Less likely to re-elect............................................................ 2.. 167 ; 42%

It wouldn't make a difference............................................... 3.. 147 ; 37%

Among those voters polled who did not support the convention center project, 87 percent said they would be less likely to re-elect a politician who votes in favor of it. Among the 26 percent of voters who said they support it, 69 percent of those said they would be more likely to re-elect a politician who supported the convention center.

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