Ohioans Back Gambling, Medical Marijuana And Death Penalty
Laura Bischoff
May 8, 2009
The Dayton Daily News (OH)
Ohioans are ready for some social change, but they aren’t quite ready to shed their traditional Midwestern views on everything, a new poll indicates.
They want casinos and medical marijuana, but don’t want to abolish the death penalty, allow 18-year-olds to buy booze, or legalize men marrying men and women marrying women.
The Ohio Poll, released Friday May 8, asked 818 Ohioans a series of questions about social change.
The results: 73 percent favor allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana, 60 percent favor casino gambling, 70 percent oppose doing away with the death penalty, 78 percent oppose a lower drinking age, 61 percent oppose legalizing marijuana and 57 percent oppose legalizing gay marriage.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percent and was conducted April 16 to April 27. The Ohio Poll is conducted by the University of Cincinnati. |
