Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill is washing up by the millions of gallons on Louisiana’s beaches and environmentally fragile marshlands, but that doesn’t prevent more than three-quarters of Bayou State residents from supporting continuing off-shore oil and natural gas drilling.

Pollster Scott Rasmussen’s latest telephone survey of 500 likely voters found that 79 percent support continued drilling, while only 15 percent think it should be stopped.