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Douglas Schwartz, director of the poll, pointed to recent moves by the General Assembly to allow Keno in Connecticut and to tighten gun laws in the state.
Connecticut voters say 59 percent to 35 percent that Keno should not be allowed in restaurants, bars and convenience stores. There is a large gender gap as well: Men say no 52 percent to 42 percent while women say no 65 percent to 28 percent. Republicans, Democrats and independent voters all are opposed.
Voters support 57 percent to 37 percent Connecticut's new gun-control laws. Of those, 32 percent say the laws are about right, while 35 percent say they go too far and 27 percent say they don't go far enough.
President Barack Obama gets a 50 percent to 46 percent approval rating in Connecticut, close to his all-time low 48 percent to 48 percent approval rating in a Sept. 16, 2011, Quinnipiac University poll.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has the best approval rating of any statewide official surveyed, at 62 percent to 28 percent, while Sen. Chris Murphy gets a 52 percent to 32 percent approval.
From June 12 to 17, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,154 registered voters with a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points. For more on the poll, visit its website.
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