Paul Krugman- Seneca, Selma, and Stonewall

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5. Brad Blog: if 20% still disapprove of mixed marriages, 40% of republicans probably do and 60% of

republican primary voters still disapprove of interracial marriages.

I suspect that some 6% disapprove of interracial marriage but won't tell the Gallup interviewer because they want to save their face--that 20% of Americans today disapprove of interracial marriage. That means that 40% of Republicans disapprove of interracial marriage, and thus that perhaps 60% of Republican primary voters really do not think as the rest of us Americans do.

That poses a huge problem for the Republican Party today. And we can see that problem reflected in--among other things--the tragedy of Mitt Romney.

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2013/01/the-curse-of-richard-nixon-republican-primary-electorate-edition.html

These percentages seem to be speculation on the part of the author, but do not seem too far-fetched.

As much as I would like to think that the whole country has moved on from the overt racism of the past, it would not be surprising that if the republican base was holding on to such views much more desperately than the rest of the country. If true, the republican primary could be an ugly affair again in 2016.