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2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

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5. From Public Policy Polling:

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 06:42 PM

Dec 2016

Last edited Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Our new poll finds that Trump is benefiting from a GOP electorate that thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim and was born in another country, and that immigrant children should be deported. 66% of Trump's supporters believe that Obama is a Muslim to just 12% that grant he's a Christian. 61% think Obama was not born in the United States to only 21% who accept that he was. And 63% want to amend the Constitution to eliminate birthright citizenship, to only 20% who want to keep things the way they are.

*Note: 18% are unsure if Obama was born in the US

And yet I keep seeing posts indicating that only a fraction of Trump supporters are bigots. As if not wearing a white robe with pointy hat or not having a swastika tattoo is all it takes to not be a racist.

Not to mention the people who say it's racist to point out racism. Good grief.

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Birtherism is rooted in racism. [View all] Garrett78 Dec 2016 OP

Birtherism is rooted in racism. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #1

Why we lose votes deist99 Dec 2016 #2

Ignores that women are shut out of upper levels and many types of jobs - denies sexism as if it's a bettyellen Dec 2016 #7

Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #3

Birthers are racists Gothmog Dec 2016 #4

From Public Policy Polling: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

I saw similar polling Gothmog Dec 2016 #6