A majority of Massachusetts residents support plans for locating a destination casino on the waterfront in New Bedford, according to a statewide survey by the Center for Policy Analysis at UMass-Dartmouth.

The survey of 411 residents, conducted Feb. 18 to 21, showed 51 percent in favor, 19 percent opposed and 30 percent undecided.

The poll was commissioned by Northeast Resorts Group, of East Longmeadow, Mass., for $6,000.

Northeast Resorts, led by Leon Dragone, owns options on 35 acres in New Bedford’s Hicks-Logan neighborhood, near the city’s waterfront, and has plans to build a casino there.

Plans for what would be called Revere Landing include a 600-room hotel and a 230,000-square-foot casino that would house 4,000 slot machines and 150 table games.

The UMass poll asked one question: “If the state Legislature authorizes one or more destination resorts casinos, do you support or oppose locating a resort casino on the waterfront in New Bedford, or are you undecided?”

The survey has a margin of error of 4.9 percent.

“Since the casino issue was first broached in Massachusetts in 1995, New Bedford has consistently been identified as a potential host community, and its residents have repeatedly indicated that they are willing to host a resort casino,” said Clyde W. Barrow, director of the Center for Policy Analysis. “If a majority of New Bedford’s residents want to host a resort casino and a majority of the state’s residents agree that a resort casino should be located in New Bedford, it makes you wonder how many times our citizenry will have to make the same point.”

Last summer, a UMass-Dartmouth poll of New Bedford residents found 53 percent in favor of locating a casino in the city, 20 percent opposed and 27 percent undecided.

The city’s residents have twice voted overwhelmingly in favor of hosting a resort casino. The new poll found greater support for a New Bedford casino among men, younger residents and those with higher incomes.

In addition to its New Bedford proposal, Northeast Resorts has a deal with Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun to develop a $1.1-billion casino on land Northeast owns in the western Massachusetts town of Palmer.

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