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Two of three in new [NH] poll view [Governor] Lynch favorably
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 25, 2005 05:06pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By KEVIN LANDRIGAN, Telegraph Staff
landrigank@telegraph-nh.com
Published: Wednesday, May. 25, 2005
CONCORD – A new independent poll found high popularity for Gov. John Lynch and his plans to target education aid to the neediest communities and to help pay for it and a two-year state budget by raising the cigarette tax.
The Becker Institute’s annual spring survey at the same time showed voters would prefer to deal with a budget deficit by cutting spending rather than raising taxes. They also favored slot-machine gambling at the state racetracks, an idea Lynch has insisted is not necessary and would pose social problems for the state.
The telephone survey of 401 registered voters from April 29 to May 1 has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.
The House of Representatives has approved Lynch’s 28-cent increase in the tax on cigarettes to 80 cents per pack, but Senate Republican leaders are opposed to it.
In the poll, voters endorsed it by a margin of 78 percent to 19 percent with 3 percent unsure. |
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