New Bedford casino support among larger margins in recent votes across state

The casino support New Bedford voters showed Tuesday, when the $650 million waterfront proposal won approval to move forward with a citywide margin of 73 to 27 percent, was one of the larger margins, by percentage, in casino votes elsewhere in Massachusetts in recent years. Everett voters approved the Wynn Resorts proposal – now licensed and moving forward – with 86 percent support in June 2013, with 32 percent turnout.