Rasmussen: 65 Percent Say No To NYC Large-Sugary Drink Ban

As Baylen Linnekin
reports, not only are the
usuals mocking NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s
plan to ban large-size sugary drinks, but also New York City
Democratic mayoral candidate Christine
Quinn, writer and healthy-food advocate Bettina
Siegel, Jon
Stewart, Jake
Tapper, Matt
Lauer, and The New York Times‘ editorial
page.

Like these public intellectuals, the public also opposes such a
ban. Rasmussen
found 65 of Americans oppose a law that would ban the sale of
any cup or bottle of sweetened drink larger than 16 ounces; 24
percent favor such a law. When asked about the constitutional
authority to enact such a law, 9 percent think Bloomberg does have
the authority to prevent people from buying sugary drinks, while 85
percent disagree.

Virtually all major demographic groups Rasmussen identified
oppose the sugary-drinks ban in equal proportion. The only
divergence appears for party identification. Forty-one percent of
Democrats favor a ban and 45 percent oppose, in contrast 11 percent
of Republicans favor and 80 percent oppose.

Click
here for Rasmussen’s methodology and question
wording. 

You can read the rest of this article at: http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/04/rasmussen-65-percent-say-no-to-nyc-large

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