46% of MS (R) believe interracial marriage should be illegal
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The link is to the PDF report of a survey of Mississippi Republicans done by Public Policy Polling. It was done to see which potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates Mississippi Republicans would support, and it included a question about whether or not interracial marriage should be illegal.
Among the gems contained within:
Of potential Republican presidential candidates, only Mike Huckabee (74%) has a more favorable rating than Sarah Palin (70%). Mitt Romney (48%) is the least popular.
If Mississippi governor Haley Barbour ran for president, he'd be the most popular (37% of people would vote for him), followed by Huckabee (19%), then Palin and Gingrich (10% each). Michelle Bachmann got the same percentage of potential votes (5%) as Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty combined.
If Barbour wasn't in the race, then Huckabee would get the most support (35%), and Palin would have second place to herself with 20%.
Despite it being a poll conducted solely among registered Republicans, 4% considered themselves "very liberal."
As for the interracial marriage information...
46% think interracial marriage should be illegal, compared to just 40% who think it should be illegal.
People with favorable views of the most popular candidates (Barbour, Huckabee, and Palin) were more likely to be in favor of making interracial marriage illegal.
People who said they would vote for Palin in the 2012 election were 2x as likely to say interracial marriage should be illegal instead of legal.
Men were more likely to vote for Palin than women were, and were also more likely to support making interracial marriage illegal.
So it looks like Mississippi Republicans take Palin at least somewhat seriously as a candidate, and also don't like to see racial mixing. Way to fight the Southern stereotype
The link is to the PDF report of a survey of Mississippi Republicans done by Public Policy Polling. It was done to see which potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates Mississippi Republicans would support, and it included a question about whether or not interracial marriage should be illegal.
Among the gems contained within:
Of potential Republican presidential candidates, only Mike Huckabee (74%) has a more favorable rating than Sarah Palin (70%). Mitt Romney (48%) is the least popular.
If Mississippi governor Haley Barbour ran for president, he'd be the most popular (37% of people would vote for him), followed by Huckabee (19%), then Palin and Gingrich (10% each). Michelle Bachmann got the same percentage of potential votes (5%) as Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty combined.
If Barbour wasn't in the race, then Huckabee would get the most support (35%), and Palin would have second place to herself with 20%.
Despite it being a poll conducted solely among registered Republicans, 4% considered themselves "very liberal."
As for the interracial marriage information...
46% think interracial marriage should be illegal, compared to just 40% who think it should be illegal.
People with favorable views of the most popular candidates (Barbour, Huckabee, and Palin) were more likely to be in favor of making interracial marriage illegal.
People who said they would vote for Palin in the 2012 election were 2x as likely to say interracial marriage should be illegal instead of legal.
Men were more likely to vote for Palin than women were, and were also more likely to support making interracial marriage illegal.
So it looks like Mississippi Republicans take Palin at least somewhat seriously as a candidate, and also don't like to see racial mixing. Way to fight the Southern stereotype
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So they have a problem with interracial marriages but no problem between cousin getting married. sorry that was a mississippi joke. didn't mean any offense.
I am sorry to say this but man some Americans scare the hell out of me.
We are all gods children and created equal and must be treaded like that..
Racism sucks!
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I lived with a host family when I first moved to America (Louisiana, to be exact). I dated an African-American girl for a while, and they wouldn't let her in their house. Another (white) ex-girlfriend's grandparents initially didn't want to meet me because they heard I was a foreigner and assumed that meant I was African. My wife's grandparents (and, to an extent, her parents) use the n-word as casually as they'd say "chocolate," and they have no problems lumping African-Americans into one big group (they'll readily tell you everything they think is wrong with "black folks"). While people with views like that represent the minority of people I've met while living here, it's sad that there are still as many of them as there are.
I would say this forum has a problem with stereotyping people.
What did that question have to do with who people are supporting
Are you assuming that people are assuming?
They surveyed Republicans - last time I checked that isn't a race, it's a political persuasion. If you're assuming they only asked Caucasians, then you appear to be stereotyping Republicans in Mississippi as Caucasians.
Okay, I see what you're saying. The stereotype of your typical Southerner is that they are racist. I have met many people during the 10 years I have lived in the South who fit that stereotype (believe me, the list is MUCH longer than the three examples I provided). A study was conducted that shows nearly 50% of Republicans in the State of Mississippi think that interracial marriage should be banned. I make a joke about Mississippi not helping its image in the eyes of the rest of the world.
So that automatically means that I have a problem stereotyping people.
Even though I state in the same paragraph where I discuss the "black and white" story that the people I have met who reinforce the negative stereotype are in the minority of people I have met.
Are we on the same page now?
Quit acting like racism doesn't exist, and quit acting like everyone who discusses it is, by default, prejudiced against white people. If I was such an ardent believer in the stereotype then I wouldn't have stated that I've met more non-racist people than racist people while living here.
That it so stupid! I don't think this is just about Mississippi though, there are narrow minded people everywhere in the world. :roll:
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I agree with both of you.
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So thats as far as i go with hate...i hate a word,but love all kind of people..
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I would say then you've stereotyped everyone on this forum with having a stereotyping problem.
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If it's done with an actual random sample, than the validity is high. Since they did it with 400 people, that is why the margin of error is 4.9%. When you get surveys with a sample size of 800 to 1000, you see lower margins of error (around 2%). Surveys higher than sample sizes of 1000 don't bring more validity. A good way to see if a group is doing surveys right is to watch what they put out over time, and compare it to actual results when possible. Elections are a good way to see this by comparing the polls to election results. Most were right on in the last election, except one which had McCain much closer to Obama than what played out (Fox News poll, surprise!). The public policy polling page in the link references a Wall Street Journal graph which shows it did well in polling swing states in the last election when compared to other pollsters, so it could be pretty ligit. Some people like to disregard all polls, saying their b.s., but it's not wise to do that. You have to know how they're done, how to read/interpret them, where the money comes from, and the questions asked. And then at that point, make your own determination if it's worth anything or not.
Secondly, people who think interracial marriage should be illegal are complete idiots and shouldn't be given the time to make their point.
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Marrying the same race is soooo 1956.
All the cool kids get inter married these days
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I have over 400 people in my neighborhood. Not alot of people. And that only speaks for the people that were asked, it dosent include anybody but the 400 people.
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If the survey is done correctly with a random sample, then it does essentially includes everyone (in this case, Republicans of Mississippi) of that population, plus or minus the margin of error. The 400 people are the ones asked, but they represent the larger group.