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Mini Poll: Grandpa's Cough Syrup

Current Totals:

Do you think St. Louis has more bars and taverns than other cities its size?

Yes:
 28%
St. Louis is about the same:
 58%
No:
 14%

 

In which of the following places are you more likely to have an alcoholic beverage?

When I'm out:
 61%
When I'm at home:
 26%
I don't drink:
 12%

 

On average, how many days a week do you consume an alcoholic beverage?

One or two days:
 44%
Three or four days:
 19%
Five to seven days:
 21%
Never:
 16%

 

How many drinks are you most likely to consume in single day?

One:
 33%
Two to three:
 34%
Three to four:
 10%
Four to five:
 4%
More than five:
 4%
I don't drink:
 15%

 

How often do you think your blood alcohol level exceeds the legal limit, .08, when you finish drinking?

Every time:
 1%
Most of the time:
 8%
Some of the time:
 21%
Hardly ever:
 37%
Never:
 20%
I don't drink:
 13%

 

Do you think that the St. Louis police department does enough to enforce laws against driving while drunk?

Yes:
 64%
No:
 36%

 

Do you drink more now than you did 10 years ago?

Yes, more
 9%
Yes, more because I could not legally drink 10 years ago:
 5%
No, less:
 54%
About the same now as then:
 24%
I don't drink:
 9%

 

When you do choose to drink, which of the following is most often your beverage of choice?

Wine:
 29%
Beer:
 33%
Cocktails/mixed drinks:
 22%
Shots:
 2%
Straight alcohol:
 2%
I don't drink:
 12%

 

Are you loyal to one particular brand of beer?

Yes, fiercely:
 7%
Yes, mostly:
 39%
No, not particularly:
 32%
I don't drink/I don't drink beer:
 21%

 

Do you think that the impending purchase of Anheuser Busch by InBev will make A-B products less popular in St. Louis?

Yes:
 18%
Yes, at first:
 30%
Yes, eventually:
 26%
No, it will not have any effect:
 26%

 

Are you more likely to smoke when you drink?

Yes:
 21%
No:
 9%
I never smoke:
 69%

 

Would you favor a citywide ban on smoking in bars and restaurants?

Yes:
 52%
No:
 30%
No, not unless St. Louis county does the same:
 9%
No, not unless Missouri does the same:
 9%

 

Which of the following songs would be your personal drinking anthem, if you had one?

"Whiskey River" by Willie Nelson:
 17%
"Beer Run" by Garth Brooks:
 8%
"Tequila" by The Champs:
 6%
"Gin and Juice" by Snoop Dogg:
 4%
"Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet:
 40%
"Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson:
 2%
"Alcohol" by The Kinks:
 18%
I don't drink:
 6%

 

Have you ever thought your drinking might be a problem?

Yes:
 22%
No:
 78%

 

Do you think that, in general, St. Louis has more of a drinking problem than other cities?

Yes:
 10%
St. Louis is about the same:
 75%
No:
 15%

 

Do you think teenage drinking is a bigger problem today than it was 10 years ago?

Yes, alcohol is more available to teens today:
 50%
No, teenagers today are more conscientious than 10 years ago:
 50%

 

Do you agree with a proposal by a group of university presidents to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 in order to address "a culture of dangerous, clandestine binge-drinking"?

Yes:
 50%
No:
 50%

 

Do you support ordinances in place in several St. Louis neighborhoods placing a temporary moratorium on the issuance of any new liquor licenses in those neighborhoods?

Yes:
 30%
Yes, but it ought to be a citywide moratorium:
 19%
No:
 52%

 

Note: Due to rounding, results for some questions may not total 100%.


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