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and 17 percent, respectively, said that a lottery “will hurt the poor,” and is “not a proper function of government.”
Thirty-eight percent of Shenandoah respondents, and 37 percent of Central Piedmont respondents, said that “all gambling, including a state lottery, is immoral.” Only 22 percent of Northern Virginians agreed with that statement.
While 40 percent of Virginians agreed that a lottery would exploit the poor, 44 percent of black Virginians (17 percent of those polled) agreed with that statement.
The opinion of community leaders, such as ministers or elected officials, appears to have some, but not great, impact upon the opinion of the voter regarding the lottery.
For example, in Northern Virginia, 24 percent of those polled said that they would vote against the lottery if their minister opposed it Meanwhile, 37 percent of those in the Shenandoah region, and 32 percent of those in the Central Piedmont, said that they would go along with the opinion of their ministers.
Twenty-one percent of Northern Virginians and 25 percent of Shenandoah and Central Piedmont residents said that they would vote against the lottery if locally elected officials opposed it.
Support for Sen. Trible was somewhat stronger in the rural areas, compared to Northern Virginia, Richmond, or Tidewater.
Meanwhile, 59 percent of Virginians rated good or excellent Sen. mble s performance as a member of the Joint Congressional Committee conducting the IranContra hearings.
In this instance, those in the urban areas gave Sen. Trible a higher rating than those in the rural areas of the Commonwealth.
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