You don't see public opinion swing like this every day. North Carolinians overwhelmingly favored offshore drilling just three short months ago. Now more oppose it than favor it. Hundreds of millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf can do that.
In April, before the spill, 26 percent of N.C. poll respondents opposed drilling off the N.C. coast, Public Policy Polling in Raleigh said today. In May, after the spill, 38 percent opposed it. In June, 39 percent and in the latest poll, 46 percent. That's a near doubling of opposition in three months.
Forty-two percent still support it, down from more than 60 percent in April.
The scariest fact from Public Policy Polling as far as we're concerned: Asked about Republican congressional candidate Bill Randall's theory that the federal government caused the spill on purpose, 11 percent believe that and 15 percent aren't sure. More than a quarter of North Carolinians are that delusional? Yikes.
-- Posted by The Observer's Editorial Board
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
N.C. opposition to offshore drilling gushes up
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
11 comments:
Delusional? I wouldn't say delusional. I would say cautious and skeptical.
Our gov't does and allows some screwed up things to happen.
Tuskegee Experiments, anyone?
Or the Willowbrook State School incident?
If they had introduced Electricity by showing a person being electrocuted, then I don't think people would have been so quick to have that single bulb hanging in each room.
The same with this mess. We will fix it, learn do it better and the financial realizations will have to kick us into the real world.
"You don't see public opinion swing like this every day."
Shure ya do. Just read the comments on anything related to Barry O's administration.
Buy a clue.
君子立恆志，小人恆立志。.................................................................
安安!剛開始玩這個,來這裡逛一下^^............................................................
Readiness is all.............................................................
我來給你支持鼓勵~祝你事事如意~~..................................................................
脾氣與嘴巴不好，就算心地再好，也不算好人~~~..................................................
Actions speak louder than words...................................................................
加油-不論如何都支持你............................................................
認同您堅持和認真的態度，加油！支持你............................................................
Post a Comment