VA poll backs Kos result on Obama birth
Brendan Nyhan | August 3, 2009
Topics: birth , birth certificate , Daily Kos , Obama , poll , Public Policy polling , Virginia
Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling reported on Twitter today that a new poll his firm conducted finds that only 32% of Virginia Republicans think Obama was born in the US, while 41% think he was not and 27% are not sure. These numbers are even worse than the national results from the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll released on Friday, which found that 28% of Republicans think Obama is not a citizen and 30% are not sure.
Here is a bar chart that combines results from the two polls to compare Virginia Republicans with Republicans and the public nationally (click it for a larger version):
Pretty depressing stuff.
(Cross-posted at brendan-nyhan.com)
By Brendan Nyhan | August 3, 2009 4:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBacks (0)
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What can you expect from a party where 1 in 3 of their Presidential Candidates believes in Evolution?
Posted on August 3, 2009 8:10 PM
What do you expect from the Grand Old PThugs (Party of Thugs). Even if Obama numbers are falling as they say, the GOP is not getting any traction.
Posted on August 4, 2009 11:25 AM
Evolution is a 200 year old scam, global warming is an evil plot by scientists to enact widespread socialism, and Obama is an illegal alien president. Yup, sounds about right for mainstream Republicans these days.
Posted on August 4, 2009 5:23 PM
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