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Toplines - Massachusetts Offshore Drilling - April 5, 2010

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Massachusetts State Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Conducted April 5, 2010
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Should offshore oil drilling be allowed?

62% Yes
19% No
19% Not sure

2* President Obama has proposed allowing more offshore drilling in some areas. However, drilling will not be permitted off the coasts of California and the New England states. Should offshore oil drilling be permitted off the coasts of California and the New England states?

40% Yes
43% No
17% Not sure

3* Should individual states have the right to ban drilling off their own coastlines?

43% Yes
37% No
20% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence