Monday, April 11, 2011

46% of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should be Illegal

Public Policy Polling surveyed Mississippi Republicans about their preference for the GOP presidential nominee next year. In the middle of that survey they found this shocker:

We asked voters on this poll whether they think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal- 46% of Mississippi Republicans said it should be illegal to just 40% who think it should be legal.
Among the potential nominees, people who thought interracial marriage should be allowed most favored Mitt Romney, while those Republicans who thought interracial marriage should be prohibited favored Sarah Palin the most.

7 comments:

Mac said...
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Mac said...

Another example of "gotcha" politics. Public policy Polling, which has been frequently criticized for its liberal bias, sticks an entirely irrelevant question into a poll about possible republican presidential candidates. Let's stick to the issues. (And I would be interested in the results of a national, nonpartisan, poll on the same question. I'm betting the numbers nationally would be within 5% of this poll.) [Forgot to close the parenthetical!]

Whit said...

I wonder what the results would be if the same question were asked of white Mississippi Democrats.

Jim said...

My son and daughter-in-law have an interracial marriage. When you raise your children to believe in the equality of all people you cannot be surprised when they live as though that is true. I am proud of them and love them dearly. At the same time the prevalence of the attitudes expressed in the poll make me worry.

fatso said...

Let's face it Whit, most pollsters are not into embarrassing democrats.

Anonymous said...

Gruntled, when it says the "Post has been removed by the author" in the comments, does that mean you removed it, or does it mean that the person who wrote it removed it?

Mac said...

In this case, I deleted it to repair a typo. (Interestingly, the word verification here is "kleneoff")