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TexasTowelie

(116,809 posts)
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 12:14 PM Apr 2021

A majority in N.C. want to keep Confederate monuments, according to a new Elon Poll

ELON — Nearly 60% of North Carolina residents say they prefer that Confederate monuments remain right where they are, according to a new Elon University Poll.

The survey, published Thursday, also found that a growing number of people want these statues and memorials removed from public spaces.

The new Elon Poll of nearly 1,400 N.C. residents found that 58% want Confederate monuments to stay in public spaces. Another 42% want them removed.

In November 2019, when the Elon Poll asked the same question, 65% wanted these monuments to remain while 35% favored removal.

Read more: https://greensboro.com/news/state-and-regional/a-majority-in-n-c-want-to-keep-confederate-monuments-according-to-a-new-elon/article_a5f152fa-97f5-11eb-9c57-6fa7c8c98712.html

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A majority in N.C. want to keep Confederate monuments, according to a new Elon Poll (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP
A "decreasing majority"is more authentic tirebiter Apr 2021 #1
A seven point drop in the majority over a period of about 18 months is statistically significant TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #3
If its on public land... TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #2
Nearly 60 percent also probably wish Lee hadn't surrendered. LastDemocratInSC Apr 2021 #4

TexasTowelie

(116,809 posts)
3. A seven point drop in the majority over a period of about 18 months is statistically significant
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 12:24 PM
Apr 2021

from my point of view without actually crunching the numbers.

TheRealNorth

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2. If its on public land...
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 12:21 PM
Apr 2021

It should be up to the owner (municipality, county, or state) that the land belongs to. A city that owns the land the statue is on should not be forced to keep a statue that its residents do not want.

If the rest of the state wants to be racist, treasonous, deplorables, they can take the statues and put them in their parks.

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