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In reply to the discussion: Nearly 20 percent of Trump’s supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)31. Anyone who takes that seriously needs to take seriously all the racist blacks reported in this poll.
Could there be something slightly off with the poll? I do not believe that 29% of black people in this country think that slavery should have been continued.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/02/25/donald-trump-supporters-racist-poll-yougov-economist-column/80944446/
32% of American blacks back President Franklin Roosevelts decision to round up Japanese-Americans and put them in camps during World War II. According to The New York Times analysis of the poll results, that is almost exactly the same percentage as among Trump voters.
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Heres something that might put things in perspective: If you dig deep into the confusing Economist/YouGov online poll, you find that only 71% of American blacks approve of the Emancipation Proclamation. Five percent definitely disapprove of Lincolns action and 24% just arent sure.
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Heres something that might put things in perspective: If you dig deep into the confusing Economist/YouGov online poll, you find that only 71% of American blacks approve of the Emancipation Proclamation. Five percent definitely disapprove of Lincolns action and 24% just arent sure.
Here's the actual poll:
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ps6zskmuwy/econTabReport.pdf
If you go to page 137 (Q. 127), you will see that only 71% of black voters approve of the Emancipation Proclaimation! Same percentage as whites. On page 138 you will find that 21% of Hispanics disapprove of DACA (the Dreamers - legalizing illegals who were brought into the country as children), higher than the percentage of Blacks (20%).
Only 55% of Blacks in this poll approve of desegregating the US military. More Whites (61%) approve. Damn those racist black people. But the black people are not as racist as the Hispanics! Only 39% of Hispanics approved of desegregating the US military.
Off hand I would say there was a comprehension error here. Or perhaps half the respondents had fallen asleep by that point.
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Nearly 20 percent of Trump’s supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves [View all]
KamaAina
Feb 2016
OP
The vulgar talking yam's supporters do not see African Americans as human beings
KamaAina
Feb 2016
#9
It was a push poll. After a series of questions about Obama's executive orders
Recursion
Feb 2016
#22
OMG, get over the civil war already it was a hundred and fifty years ago!
Dont call me Shirley
Feb 2016
#18
Anyone who takes that seriously needs to take seriously all the racist blacks reported in this poll.
Yo_Mama
Feb 2016
#31
Nearly 10 percent of Bernie's supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves
oberliner
Feb 2016
#39