North Carolina Amendment 1 vote may have had a outcome if the general public of North Carolina would have known what would have happened with it.
An April 2012 Public Policy Polling found that only 40% of North Carolina voters actually knew that Amendment 1 bans both same-sex marriage and civil unions, and among those voters who do know the effects of Amendment 1, they oppose it with 60% against and 38% in favor. Among the 27% of voters who think Amendment 1 bans same-sex marriage only, they support it with 72% in favor and 27% against and with voters who don't know what Amendment 1 does, they support it with 64% in favor and 28% against.