Bethere
08-09-2016, 02:50 AM
Good times!
In a recent poll (http://www.uno.edu/cola/political-science/documents/duke-poll.pdf) conducted by the University of New Orleans’ Survey Research Center, Duke gets the support of about 13 percent of the state, with more opposition from older voters — who likely remember his past runs for office, the pollsters note — than younger ones. That level of support mirrors his favorability rating in the poll; 14 percent view him favorably to 82 percent who don't. (Only 4 percent of respondents weren't familiar enough with Duke to have an opinion.)
But here's the weird thing, as the New York Times' Campbell Robertson pointed out (https://twitter.com/campbellnyt/status/761363136083480576) on Twitter on Thursday. Duke, a former leader of the Klan, gets support from 14 percent of black voters — a figure that eclipses the support Trump gets nationally or in nearby Georgia in a new poll (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/05/hillary-clinton-has-a-lead-in-georgia-and-its-not-even-that-surprising/) from that state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/05/david-dukes-getting-more-support-from-black-voters-in-his-race-than-donald-trump-is-in-his/
In a recent poll (http://www.uno.edu/cola/political-science/documents/duke-poll.pdf) conducted by the University of New Orleans’ Survey Research Center, Duke gets the support of about 13 percent of the state, with more opposition from older voters — who likely remember his past runs for office, the pollsters note — than younger ones. That level of support mirrors his favorability rating in the poll; 14 percent view him favorably to 82 percent who don't. (Only 4 percent of respondents weren't familiar enough with Duke to have an opinion.)
But here's the weird thing, as the New York Times' Campbell Robertson pointed out (https://twitter.com/campbellnyt/status/761363136083480576) on Twitter on Thursday. Duke, a former leader of the Klan, gets support from 14 percent of black voters — a figure that eclipses the support Trump gets nationally or in nearby Georgia in a new poll (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/05/hillary-clinton-has-a-lead-in-georgia-and-its-not-even-that-surprising/) from that state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/05/david-dukes-getting-more-support-from-black-voters-in-his-race-than-donald-trump-is-in-his/