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Toplines - Oil Drilling - July 24, 2008
National
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters 1* John McCain favors drilling in offshore oil wells to help reduce the
price of gas. Barack Obama opposes offshore oil wells and says it would not
reduce the price of gas. Should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off
the coasts of 57% Yes 29% No 13% Not sure 2* If drilling in
offshore oil wells is allowed, how likely is it that the price of gas will go
down? 23% Very likely 33% Somewhat
likely 27% Not very likely 10% Not at all likely 7% Not sure 3* Should
the federal government spend 150 billion dollars over ten years on research for
renewable and green energy sources? 54% Yes 22% No 24% Not sure 4* Should
more nuclear power plants be built in the United States? 52% Yes 31% No 18% Not sure 5* What
is more important, reducing the price of gas and oil or protecting the
environment? 44% Reducing
the price of gas and oil 41% Protecting
the environment 15% Not sure NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence |