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http://www.winneronline.com/articles/august2006/CNBCpoll.htm
CNBC has released the results of a poll conducted last week that should send a VERY strong message to the U.S. Senate as it considers the online gambling Goodlatte bill.
The CNBC poll asked this question: Should all online gambling be legalized in the United States? (2,532 votes) showed a very conclusive result:
Yes – 91 percent, No – 9 percent
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I hope the senate takes notice of these polls. The house did not. Make you wonder if they are not representing the will of the people, who’s will are they representing??:tooconfus
Impressive numbers, though certainly skewed by the number of online gambling sites that directed people to vote on the poll. Still, it and the WSJ poll seem to be pretty good evidence. It would be interesting to see a scientific poll conducted on the subject. My guess is more in the 70% vs 30% range.
webber286 wrote:Impressive numbers, though certainly skewed by the number of online gambling sites that directed people to vote on the poll. Still, it and the WSJ poll seem to be pretty good evidence. It would be interesting to see a scientific poll conducted on the subject. My guess is more in the 70% vs 30% range.
You can find one on the site from Antigua and Barbuda’s law firm:
http://www.onlinegamblingmythsandfacts.com/polls.htmQuote:American Voters Strongly Oppose Online Gambling Ban According To Latest Zogby Poll Results
22 March 2006The http://www.OnlineGamblingMythsAndFacts.com website (OGMF) was recently launched to debunk the myths and trumpet the truths about online gambling. OGMF has posted the results of a scientific poll about out what Americans really think about online gambling and the federal government’s most recent efforts to ban it.
A scientific poll of over 30,000 likely voters conducted in March 2006 establishes that Americans overwhelmingly do not want the federal government enacting laws that restrict a recreational activity such as online gambling, an activity that many adult Americans have decided to do from their own homes. Almost 80 percent of Americans are opposed to the pending bills in Congress to ban online gambling.
The poll was conducted by Zogby International, a leading public opinion company. Zogby International conducted interviews of 30,054 likely voters from March 1, 2006 through March 14, 2006. The margin of error is +/- 0.6 percentage points.
The poll established that more than three-fourths of likely voters (78%) do not think it is appropriate for the federal government to restrict what adults do on the Internet in the privacy of their own homes.
A more detailed summary of the poll is below.
As the poll reveals, a vast majority of Americans are opposed to banning online gambling. The vast majority of likely voters are opposed to governmental efforts to ban online gambling. This reaffirms that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of preserving their freedom to engage in acceptable recreational and entertainment activities from the privacy of their own home. The will of American voters is absolutely and unmistakably clear in the area of how and when an adult American should be able to engage in private recreational activities such as online gambling, and Congress should respect this freedom of choice.
Polls are always skewed. It’s either the polling method, wording of the questions, polling area or other factor that taints the survey.
Wording and sequence have a lot to do with results.
What Americans want is really not relevant to what should and shouldn’t be legal.
Market Junction wrote:Polls are always skewed. It’s either the polling method, wording of the questions, polling area or other factor that taints the survey.Wording and sequence have a lot to do with results.
What Americans want is really not relevant to what should and shouldn’t be legal.
True, but the poll questions from Zogby are pretty straightforward, and their sample – 30,000 potential voters – is a large enough sample to be taken seriously.The actual questions asked and more detailed analysis of results is here at that site:
http://www.onlinegamblingmythsandfacts.com/polls.htmAs to your comment, “what Americans what is really not relevant to what should and shouldn’t be legal“:
I agree, but that’s not the way it works.
Although the US is meant to be a Constitutional Republic, the Congressmen and Senators act more and more as if it is a simple representative democracy, where those who vote decide who make the rules, and those they vote in have almost absolute power to make whatever law they want.
The opposite is meant to be true in America – that the tyranny of the majority is restrained by the Constitution.
So in fact, those who vote do make the rules, because Congress listens to them, and passes laws that make them electable (or that they think will make them electable), Constitution be damned.
Sad, but true.
FreeDavid wrote:what Americans what is really not relevant to what should and shouldn’t be legalLast time I looked the US was a democracy and what Americans want should definitely determine what is and isn’t legal.
Majority opinion is supposed to determine everything, even if it uses the roundabout way of letting US citizens vote for people, trusting that these people will appoint candidates with the appropriate aganda that will execute the will of the majority of US citizens.
Boy is that convoluted!
Glad to see that Zogby has done a poll. Definitely good information, especially with such a large sample size.
As to Market Junctions comment, the will of the people definitely needs to be considered with any law that is made. Congress is elected by the people and for the people. Really, it’s pretty clear.
Quote:What Americans want is really not relevant to what should and shouldn’t be legal.who should decide? george bush?? :bullshit:
strongly disagree with that….
Dominique wrote:Last time I looked the US was a democracy and what Americans want should definitely determine what is and isn’t legal.Majority opinion is supposed to determine everything, even if it uses the roundabout way of letting US citizens vote for people, trusting that these people will appoint candidates with the appropriate aganda that will execute the will of the majority of US citizens.
Boy is that convoluted!
Dominique, spend some time studying politics (formally). You’ll see that what the everyday citizen wants is not too relevant. The political elite largely control the country. This group consists of those who’s life revolve around politics, political scientists and so forth.
Let’s face it. The only time when the common citizen has any clout is when the media is all over something and is on the same side.
What is “supposed” to happen is not as important as what “does” happen. Look at what goes into obtaining a seat in Congress and what goes into securing it. It takes millions of dollars to win and/or hold a seat. You don’t think that the money comes from little old ladies who believe in our country and send $5 checks do you?
webber286 wrote:Congress is elected by the people and for the people. Really, it’s pretty clear.It is huh? So when a single Senator spends millions in publicity to try and keep his/her seat, where does this money come from? Hint: It begins with the letter L.
There’s a reason why over 90% of incumbents in Congress keep their seats. They do what the L engine wants to get the money needed to keep things going.
Why does this work? Because a strong majority of America is not educated political science and has simply bought into to text on paper documents.
OK, you are right in one aspect. People do vote and elect reps. Just understand that if one of those goes against the big L engine, he/she will be out. Why? It’s simple. The L engine will fund his/her competition. It happens all the time.
I could go on about Congress, what happens when you are newly elected, lobby fundraisers and so on, but there’s no point.
By the way, the L word ends with Y.
blackhawk wrote:who should decide? george bush?? :bullshit:strongly disagree with that….
In a perfect world, we would to some degree. That’s not the case anymore. The system of checks and balances has disappeared.
If you want something done, you need to lobby. It’s that simple.
Market Junction wrote:In a perfect world, we would to some degree. That’s not the case anymore. The system of checks and balances has disappeared.If you want something done, you need to lobby. It’s that simple.
There is an interesting development in this area. Antigua and Barbuda’s law firm are arranging a free trip of ‘ordinary Americans’ who gamble online to Washington, D.C. to lobby the Senators on this very subject:http://www.ivoteandigambleonline.com/
P.S. Washington state is where that infamous recent state law was passed making online gambling a felony, which is not the same as the nation’s capitol, Washinton, D.C.
The difference can be confusing to us Brits when we hear ‘Washington’ mentioned, and maybe to others outside the US so I thought I’d mention it.
As a person, unfortunate enough to live in a state, whose representative introduced this bill, I have decided at one point to do my own counter advertising throuhg my maillist …
I have to say that it’s inherently flawed, since it’s a gambling list
but responce was overwhelmingMain thing was in that responce that no american wants government to tell us
“How we spend our OWN hard earned cash”
But once again, politicians seem to easily ignore what people think …
Just my $0.02
Alex
