71% in poll favor creating lottery in Alabama
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
A poll conducted for Gov. Kay Ivey’s Study Group on Gambling Policy showed strong support for a lottery in the state, a perennial issue likely to come up in the Legislature again in early 2021.
McLaughlin & Associates conducted the poll Nov. 17-19, with responses from 500 people who said they planned to vote in the 2022 general election.
Generally speaking, do you favor or oppose creating a statewide lottery in Alabama?
Favor: 70.8%; strongly favor, 60.6%, somewhat favor: 10.2%.
Oppose: 25%; strongly oppose, 19.2%, somewhat oppose, 5.8%.
Don’t know or refuse to answer answer, 4.2%.
The 12-member Study Group on Gambling Policy released its report Dec. 18.