Survey Says

A recent Zogby Interactive poll presented the following findings of 7,121 American voters and their opinions of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing:

70% - felt the International Olympics Committee was wrong to award the Olympics to China due to the poor human rights record
48% - think US political leaders should boycott the opening ceremonies
31% - believe the US Olympic Committee should boycott the games altogether
23% - believe President Bush should order a US boycott of the games
46% - agree a boycott is appropriate to show the US’s dissatisfaction with China human rights history
71% - believe a boycott would be hypocritical on behalf of the US due to the large amount of imports from China
55% - will avoid buying Chinese products as a response to the crack down by China in Tibet
48% - believe negative stories will go unreported out of fear of retaliation from the Chinese government
94% - believe the Chinese government will try to censor negative stories about China.

Work Cited:
“Zogby: 70% Believe IOC Was Wrong to Award Olympic Games to China”