Interesting survey
Oct. 20th, 2009 01:21 pmDemocracy corps recently posted an analysis of the differences between far-right conservatives (20% of the electorate) and regular conservatives. Fascinating stuff.
The good news from the survey of the focus groups, such as it is, is that the majority of the far-right conservatives do not seem to be motivated by racism. The bad news is that they share a common belief that Obama is head or puppet of a conspiracy to deliberately destroy the country. They believe they have special knowledge of his shady past and ill intentions that the rest of us are too lazy or misguided to seek out for ourselves.
And they are 20% of the electorate which makes them, what, 40-50 % of the Republican Party? This worries me. I sure hope the survey is wrong.
The good news from the survey of the focus groups, such as it is, is that the majority of the far-right conservatives do not seem to be motivated by racism. The bad news is that they share a common belief that Obama is head or puppet of a conspiracy to deliberately destroy the country. They believe they have special knowledge of his shady past and ill intentions that the rest of us are too lazy or misguided to seek out for ourselves.
And they are 20% of the electorate which makes them, what, 40-50 % of the Republican Party? This worries me. I sure hope the survey is wrong.