It really amazes me how little conservative Republicans seemed to have learned over the course of the past 6.5 years with President Obama in office. Without seeing poll results to illustrate this, I sometimes give them the benefit of the doubt, as I think to myself, "There's no way they still believe those conspiracy theories from 6.5 years ago!" Well, according to the latest Public Policy Polling poll results, I shouldn't have assumed as much. Here are the craziest results from the poll:
- Just 29% of Republicans believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, while 44% do not (26% aren't sure)
- Only 14% of Republicans believe President Obama to be a Christian, while 54% believe him to be Muslim (32% aren't sure)
- 51% of GOPers said they would support altering the Constitution so that children of undocumented immigrants are not automatically citizens of this country, 31% oppose the measure (18% aren't sure)
- 47% of Republicans either support keeping the minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (26%) or eliminating the minimum wage altogether (21%), 49% support increasing the minimum wage to at least $10.00 an hour (33% for $10 p/hr, 12% for $12 p/hr, and 4% for $15 p/hr/3% aren't sure)
- Among supporters of the current GOP leader, Donald Trump, 66% believe President Obama is a Muslim, 61% don't believe he was born in the United States, and 63% want to alter the Constitution to end birthright citizenship
So, even though the Obama-is-a-Muslim and Obama-wasn't-born-in-this-country conspiracy theories were debunked countless times long ago, a majority of Republicans still believe them. They're also at odds with most of the country on a minimum wage increase (60%+ support it nationally). Not only that, but these self-described Constitution lovers want to amend the Constitution because they feel that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is, well, unconstitutional. Like I said, they're as crazy as ever! Given the before-mentioned poll results, I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of Republicans also believed the following:
- Chain emails are more reliable than fact-checkers
- Hawaii is surrounded by water, therefore it can't be a state
- President Obama caused Hurricane Katrina via voodoo
- Guns can't kill because guns backward spells snug.
- The Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) has ironically resulted in fewer people receiving healthcare
- George W. Bush killed Osama bin Laden himself, well, alongside Chuck Norris and the voice of Ronald Reagan
- The Black Lives Matter movement is frightening because it's about the livelihoods of black cats during full moons
- From the time a baby is born, if he or she becomes a successful businessperson by the age of 32, he or she "built that," including their mother's breast milk
- You can't spell "Armageddon" without "Homosexuals legally being allowed to marry"
- The capital of the world is the United States
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2015/08/trump-supporters-think-obama-is-a-muslim-born-in-another-country.html
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_90115.pdf
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/233183-poll-finds-support-for-minimum-wage-increase-paid-leave
- Just 29% of Republicans believe Barack Obama was born in the United States, while 44% do not (26% aren't sure)
- Only 14% of Republicans believe President Obama to be a Christian, while 54% believe him to be Muslim (32% aren't sure)
- 51% of GOPers said they would support altering the Constitution so that children of undocumented immigrants are not automatically citizens of this country, 31% oppose the measure (18% aren't sure)
- 47% of Republicans either support keeping the minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (26%) or eliminating the minimum wage altogether (21%), 49% support increasing the minimum wage to at least $10.00 an hour (33% for $10 p/hr, 12% for $12 p/hr, and 4% for $15 p/hr/3% aren't sure)
- Among supporters of the current GOP leader, Donald Trump, 66% believe President Obama is a Muslim, 61% don't believe he was born in the United States, and 63% want to alter the Constitution to end birthright citizenship
So, even though the Obama-is-a-Muslim and Obama-wasn't-born-in-this-country conspiracy theories were debunked countless times long ago, a majority of Republicans still believe them. They're also at odds with most of the country on a minimum wage increase (60%+ support it nationally). Not only that, but these self-described Constitution lovers want to amend the Constitution because they feel that the 14th Amendment of the Constitution is, well, unconstitutional. Like I said, they're as crazy as ever! Given the before-mentioned poll results, I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of Republicans also believed the following:
- Chain emails are more reliable than fact-checkers
- Hawaii is surrounded by water, therefore it can't be a state
- President Obama caused Hurricane Katrina via voodoo
- Guns can't kill because guns backward spells snug.
- The Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare) has ironically resulted in fewer people receiving healthcare
- George W. Bush killed Osama bin Laden himself, well, alongside Chuck Norris and the voice of Ronald Reagan
- The Black Lives Matter movement is frightening because it's about the livelihoods of black cats during full moons
- From the time a baby is born, if he or she becomes a successful businessperson by the age of 32, he or she "built that," including their mother's breast milk
- You can't spell "Armageddon" without "Homosexuals legally being allowed to marry"
- The capital of the world is the United States
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2015/08/trump-supporters-think-obama-is-a-muslim-born-in-another-country.html
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_National_90115.pdf
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/233183-poll-finds-support-for-minimum-wage-increase-paid-leave
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