CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Gov. Patrick Morrisey challenges the West Virginia Legislature to codify his executive order allowing for religious exemptions to school-age vaccines, an annual poll has respondents telling Morrisey and lawmakers to leave the social issues behind.

Rex Repass, the chief consultant for Research America, presented the results of the latest WV MetroNews West Virginia Poll Friday morning on the final day of the 89th West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit at the historic Greenbrier Resort.

The poll, conducted Aug. 8 through Aug. 21, included 400 registered voters from all 55 counties closely matching West Virginia’s Republican, Democratic, and unaffiliated voter registration. The poll’s margin of error is 4.85%.

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