Reuters is reporting that 70 percent of U.S. voters think it was wrong to let China host the Olympics:
… but equal numbers say a Beijing Games boycott would fail to change China’s human rights policies, a Zogby poll showed on Tuesday.
The survey of 7,121 likely voters conducted April 4-7 found widespread doubt that a boycott would have any effect on China and strong expectation that China’s communist government would prevent critical media coverage and try to punish reporters who portrayed the country in a bad light.
The online survey poll found that 48 percent of respondents think U.S. officials should boycott the opening ceremony of the August 8-24 games because of China’s human rights record, while 33 percent believe the officials should attend.
Zogby International said 31 percent believe the U.S. Olympic Committee should boycott the Beijing Games and 23 percent think President George W. Bush should order a U.S. boycott to protest China’s record on human rights.
