San Francisco voters 4:1 oppose a ballot measure that would make it against the law to circumcise any male child under the age of 18, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted exclusively for KPIX-TV. The city lines up on circumcision this way:* 26% see it as a harmless tradition.
* 47% see it as a medical procedure whose health benefits outweigh the health risks.
* 8% see it as a medical procedure whose risks outweigh the benefits.
* 9% see it as mutilation.

Women by 2:1 say they would circumcise a boy if they had a male baby today. Men split.
Regardless of their feelings about circumcision, San Franciscans by 8:1 say the government should not be involved.

Jewish voters oppose the ballot measure 18:1.

This survey includes Cell Phone Respondents and Landline Respondents: 600 San Francisco adults were interviewed by SurveyUSA 06/10/11 through 06/14/11, including 20% who use a cell phone as their only, or primary way to make and receive phone calls, and 80% who were interviewed using recorded voice on their landline home telephone.