From Rasmussen poll (here) h/t Zero:
As with their West Coast neighbors in Washington and California, Oregon voters are less enthusiastic about offshore oil drilling than voters in the rest of the country. Just 51% support offshore oil drilling and only 47% support drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. These figures are below the national average.
Oregon voters are much closer to the national average when it comes to the question of a federal 55 miles-per-hour speed limit. Thirty-five percent (35%) favor the concept and 56% are opposed.
Fifty percent (50%) of Oregon voters say protecting the environment is more important than reducing the price of gas and oil. Thirty-four percent (34%) disagree and take the opposite view.
Check this out:
National Review Online, The Corner Blog (7/16, Lopez) reports, “’For all of you writing … how much ANWR, OCS and other increased domestic production would affect the price of gas, please note what Sen. Schumer just said on the floor about the impact of increased production in Saudi Arabia. ‘If they produced half a million barrels more oil a day the price would come down a very significant amount and, at the same time, it would stop the speculation that keeps driving up the price of oil.’ Keep in mind, ANWR alone is projected to produce one million barrels a day, every day. … Don’t take it from me, take it from the chairman of the Joint Economic Committee.’”