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More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose putting a casino in downtown Rochester. Of the 55 percent opposed, 37 percent say they strongly oppose.

Slightly more than 60 percent of respondents oppose New York requiring firms to provide paid sick leave.

Nearly 90 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll support Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards' run for re-election. Richards announced at a news conference Wednesday morning that he plans to run for mayor in November.

With 57 percent, development of owner-occupied housing topped the list of priorities for downtown Rochester. A grocery store and restaurants tied for the second spot, each being chosen by 46 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll.

By 52 percent to 48 percent, Snap Poll respondents narrowly oppose an increase in the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.75. Among business owners with employees earning the current minimum wage, 57 percent oppose the raise.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents disapprove of President Barack Obama's performance during his first term in office.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll give the hiring of Doug Marrone as Buffalo Bills head coach a grade of A or B. Only 7 percent of readers give the team a failing grade.

Eighty percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll approve of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s job performance after two years in office, with more than one-third saying they strongly approve.

For the second consecutive year, Eastman Kodak Co.'s struggles loomed large over the Rochester business world.

A slight majority of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll supports the new 10-year stadium lease agreed to by the Buffalo Bills, Erie County and New York state.

Sixty percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say cuts to defense and security spending, which constitutes 20 percent of the federal budget, should be the priority in an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff.

By a slight margin, respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra board's decision last week to terminate RPO music director Arild Remmereit's contract at the end of the 2012-13 season.

Nearly two-thirds of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll are concerned about climate change, which has been the focus of much discussion since Superstorm Sandy.

By a margin of just 15 responses, a majority of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say Monroe Community College should take another look at the Sibley Building for its permanent downtown campus.

More than 60 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll call for an end to the Electoral College.