Brian Duff interviewed by Bangor Daily News on upcoming Maine casino referendums

Brian Duff, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an Oct. 21, 2011 story on two referendums on the November ballot that would expand casino gambling to three new locations in Maine.

The vote marks the seventh vote on casinos in 11 years but only two casinos have been approved in the past, one in Oxford County last year.

“People don’t form strong, lasting opinions about whether casinos are right or casinos are wrong, or casinos should be built anywhere or only on Native American lands,” Duff said. “It’s an issue you think about when it comes up on the news, you read what people are saying about it, and make a decision.” Duff added that this year the economy could play favorably for gambling proponents.

Duff is the author of The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma.

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