60% Still Favor Offshore Drilling

Though the Dems and media have done their best to demonize the offshore oil industry, the voters are not as dumb as the Dems and media think:

Though support for offshore drilling has dipped in the wake of the recent oil spill in the Gulf, a majority of American voters still favor increasing drilling in U.S. coastal waters, according to the latest Fox News poll.

A British Petroleum oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 and the resulting oil spill has caused tremendous damage to the region — reminding Americans of the risks involved in offshore drilling.

Even so, the new poll finds 60 percent of voters favor increasing offshore drilling in U.S. coastal areas, while 33 percent oppose it. Last month, 70 percent favored it and 22 percent were opposed, and previous Fox News polls showed just over 7 voters in 10 favored increasing offshore drilling (71 percent favored it in 2008, and 72 percent in 2009).

The voters understand that there's oil out there, we have the technology to go get it, we can get it fairly safely based on historical accident rates, and we really need the stuff. And, if there's a problem we can clean it up.

The voters are not as easily fooled by the environmentalists anymore. You can thank global warming for that.