On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:13 PM, John Wesley <godisamethodist at yahoo.com>wrote:
> I thought there was a U.S. Supreme court decision on that issue back in
> 1967!
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> From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Sent: Thu, April 7, 2011 2:51:10 PM
> Subject: [lbo-talk] almost half of Mississippi Republicans want to outlaw
> interracial marriage
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> http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/04/barbour-bryant-lead-in-mississippi.html
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> We asked voters on this poll whether they think interracial marriage should
> be
> legal or illegal- 46% of Mississippi Republicans said it should be illegal
> to
> just 40% who think it should be legal. For the most part there aren't any
> huge
> divides in how voters view the candidates or who they support for the
> nomination
> based on their attitudes about interracial marriage but there are a few
> exceptions.
>
> Palin's net favorability with folks who think interracial marriage should
> be
> illegal (+55 at 74/19) is 17 points higher than it is with folks who think
> interracial marriage should be legal (+38 at 64/26.) Meanwhile Romney's
> favorability numbers see the opposite trend. He's at +23 (53/30) with
> voters who
> think interracial marriage should be legal but 19 points worse at +4
> (44/40)
> with those who think it should be illegal. Tells you something about the
> kinds
> of folks who like each of those candidates.
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