Sixty percent of North Carolinians support a lottery to help pay for education needs, according to a poll released Wednesday by lottery supporters. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent. The poll showed that 60 percent of voters favor a lottery, while 33 percent oppose it. The poll also found that 66 percent of respondents said they had played the lottery in other states. It has some resonance.
People play it anyway.
Support was slightly higher among black voters than white, with 65 percent favoring a lottery, compared to 58 percent of whites. The survey also showed that political affiliation made little difference in people's attitudes about a lottery. Among white Republicans, the figure was 57 percent. The poll was paid for by the group North Carolina Lottery for Education Coalition. The coalition includes convenience store operators within the state, as well as companies who could stand to administer a lottery program if North Carolina were to approve it.