For context this was written in 2015. You might find a far less favorable position of a Muslim president among American citizens today than you did then.
Same with socialism. It may have gotten a boost.
Additionally, the question itself needs to be accounted for. It says would you vote for X if they were in your party and were otherwise qualified.
I.e. - The decision really being made is -- vote for a Black republican or vote for a Democrat. As you learn to hate democrats more and more, a black Republican starts to look more and more like the lesser of two evils.
One thing this poll inadvertently tracks isn't how accepting the respondent is of someones race or religious beliefs, but instead how bitter they are about the opposition party.
A good follow up question to this poll would be "how would you feel about having a ____ president?"
If you found the 25% of responses show that people would be "very displeased" with a black president, then you may start to wonder how much people are actually affirming a black president in the first question, and how much they are simply weighing the terribleness of black people with the terribleness of the opposition party.
**I don't think 25% of people would respond with very displeased. I am not here to say "yeah but the country is still racist" or anything like that. All I am trying to do here is show that the poll itself doesn't really accomplish what it seems to have set out to do.
Same with socialism. It may have gotten a boost.
Additionally, the question itself needs to be accounted for. It says would you vote for X if they were in your party and were otherwise qualified.
I.e. - The decision really being made is -- vote for a Black republican or vote for a Democrat. As you learn to hate democrats more and more, a black Republican starts to look more and more like the lesser of two evils.
One thing this poll inadvertently tracks isn't how accepting the respondent is of someones race or religious beliefs, but instead how bitter they are about the opposition party.
A good follow up question to this poll would be "how would you feel about having a ____ president?"
If you found the 25% of responses show that people would be "very displeased" with a black president, then you may start to wonder how much people are actually affirming a black president in the first question, and how much they are simply weighing the terribleness of black people with the terribleness of the opposition party.
**I don't think 25% of people would respond with very displeased. I am not here to say "yeah but the country is still racist" or anything like that. All I am trying to do here is show that the poll itself doesn't really accomplish what it seems to have set out to do.
