Background Memo  

The most recent survey by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind was conducted by telephone from March 30, 2009, through April 4, 2009 using a randomly selected sample of 728 registered voters statewide.  The margin of error for 728 randomly selected respondents is +/- 4 percentage points.  Survey results are also subject to non-sampling error. This kind of error, which cannot be measured, arises from a number of factors including, but not limited to, non-response (eligible individuals refusing to be interviewed), question wording, the order in which questions are asked, and variations among interviewers. PublicMind interviews are conducted by professionally trained interviewers use a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) system. Random selection is achieved by computerized random-digit dialing. This technique gives every person with a land-line phone number (including those with unlisted numbers) an equal chance of being selected. Results are mathematically weighted to match known demographics.

Currently, in New Jersey, and in most states, betting on sports—like football games and basketball games-- is illegal.

a. Would you favor or oppose making sports betting legal in New Jersey at Atlantic City casinos?

b. Would you favor or oppose making sports betting legal in New Jersey at horse-racing tracks?

c. Would you favor or oppose making sports betting legal in New Jersey at off-track betting parlors?

d. Would you favor or oppose making sports betting legal in New Jersey by telephone and the internet?

see also:
Survey Analysis
Tabular Results