Mon Apr 20, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM EDT
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Not like this will sway the federal government very much, but FDU is out with a new public mind poll today talking abouew how New Jerseyans favor legalized sports betting. From the polling memo:According to the latest results from Fairleigh Dickinson University?s PublicMind, 63 percent of voters say they would favor making sports-betting legal in New Jersey at Atlantic City casinos, while 32% say they would oppose it. Men favor it by more than a 2-1 margin (69-27), more strongly than women (58-36). Self-described liberals favor it (70-27) more strongly than conservatives (56-38).[snip] By a similar margin of 63 percent to 30 percent, voters also say they would favor making sports betting legal in New Jersey at horse-racing tracks.
But voters split 48 percent to 43 percent on the question of legalizing sports betting at off-track betting parlors.
By a wide margin, voters oppose legalizing sports betting by telephone and the Internet. Just 26 percent said they would favor sports-betting by telephone and Internet while 66 percent said they would oppose it. It's interesting to see just where people will draw the line even though they know it's going on regardless of where they would allow it. Last month, Senator Lesniak filed suit to overturn the federal sports betting ban. He says sports betting exists and will continue to exist whether states tax it or not. Assemblyman Greenwald threw his support behind the lawsuit as well. He was a sponsor of the legislation that passed the Assembly in 2008 to give New Jersey's voters the ability to decide in a November General Election referendum whether Atlantic City's casinos should be able to accept in-person wagers solely on professional sports.
I'll put the poll breakdown and methodology below the fold. |
| Jason Springer :: Poll: 63% of NJ voters favor legalized sports betting |
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