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Ohio Residents Poll Strong for Casino Gambling
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
A new poll by Quinnipiac University shows state residents in Ohio are firmly behind casino gambling initiatives in the state. While Governor Ted Strickland's approval rating is plummeting, it's not his push for race track slot machines that has driven his decline, says the poll.
Sixty percent of those surveyed said they are in favor of the governor's plan to raise revenue by installing race track slots. Only thirty-four percent said they opposed the idea.
Fifty-eight percent say they are for the casino licensing measure on the November ballot, which would place one casino in each of Ohio's four largest cities. Thirty-seven percent oppose the plan, which voters will decide in just two months.
Strickland's personal rating has dropped from an approval rate of sixty-three percent in February to forty-eight percent this month, but still outweighs the forty-two percent that disapprove.
Church groups and vested gambling interests have ferociously fought to keep casino gambling from coming to Ohio, despite polls showing the public wants the issue approved. Most tellingly, voters had said in an earlier poll that almost ninety percent want the gaming plans to be on voter ballots, allowing the people to determine what they clearly don't trust politicians to handle.
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