Registered Voters
Do you support or oppose a moratorium on drilling for new oil supplies in currently protected areas off shore, that is, do you support or oppose temporarily suspending new offshore drilling?
Support Oppose Unsure
Row % Row % Row %
Registered Voters 46% 45% 9%
Party ID Democrat 57% 33% 10%
Republican 35% 57% 7%
Independent 42% 49% 9%
Party ID by Gender Democrat men 56% 37% 8%
Democrat women 58% 31% 11%
Republican men 32% 65% 3%
Republican women 38% 51% 11%
Independent men 37% 57% 6%
Independent women 47% 40% 13%
Political Ideology Liberal 70% 18% 12%
Moderate 47% 45% 9%
Conservative 34% 59% 7%
Region Northeast 47% 44% 9%
Midwest 48% 41% 11%
South 41% 49% 9%
West 49% 44% 8%
Household Income Less than $50,000 41% 46% 12%
$50,000 or more 50% 45% 5%
Education Not college graduate 42% 47% 11%
College graduate 52% 43% 6%
Age 18 to 29 53% 36% 11%
30 to 44 40% 51% 9%
45 to 59 44% 48% 8%
60 or older 46% 44% 10%
Gender Men 42% 53% 6%
Women 49% 39% 12%
June 2010 Marist Poll National Registered Voters "N=813 MOE +/- 3.5%" Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding.