Alabama Phone Survey

Townhallsavoy · « **on:** March 12, 2012, 06:57:14 PM »

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_SouthernSwing_312.pdf

Some notables:

51% male
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt
31% Mitt
30% Rick

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No
26% Yes
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal
21% Illegal

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn
14% Not Sure

AUChizad · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2012, 07:16:52 PM »

AUChizad · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2012, 07:28:42 PM »

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/03/other-notes-from-alabama-and-mississippi.html

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Alabama Republican voters skew heavily toward the Crimson Tide, with 58% identifying as Alabama fans to 28% who are Auburn fans. Santorum leads the way among Tiger fans with 35% to 30% for Gingrich and 26% for Romney. Romney's up 32-31 on Gingrich with 'Bama fans to Santorum's 27%. And among football agnostics Romney leads with 34% to 28% for Gingrich and 24% for Santorum.

Token · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2012, 09:17:47 PM »

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on March 12, 2012, 06:57:14 PM

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal
21% Illegal

For even asking the question........

Kaos · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2012, 09:47:27 PM »

Just 58%? Seems low.

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/09/where_we_rank_alabamians_lag_o.html

More than 68 percent of Alabamians between the ages of 25 and 64 don't have a college degree

djsimp · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2012, 11:39:39 PM »

Quote from: Kaos on March 12, 2012, 09:47:27 PM

Just 58%? Seems low.

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/09/where_we_rank_alabamians_lag_o.html

More than 68 percent of Alabamians between the ages of 25 and 64 don't have a college degree

68% seems more like it though.

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 13, 2012, 07:38:37 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on March 12, 2012, 09:47:27 PM

Just 58%? Seems low.

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http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/09/where_we_rank_alabamians_lag_o.html

More than 68 percent of Alabamians between the ages of 25 and 64 don't have a college degree

I'm assuming the 14% Not Sure thought they were asking whether or not Obama was an Auburn or Alabama fan.

AUChizad · « **Reply #7 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:19:12 AM »

I'm curious how those that post in this forum answer those questions.

Not so sure the results for many of those would be much different.

Kaos · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:31:54 AM »

Since you asked...

Quote from: Townhallsavoy on March 12, 2012, 06:57:14 PM

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_SouthernSwing_312.pdf

Some notables:

51% male
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt
31% Mitt
30% Rick
Abstain

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure
This doesn't add up to 100, so I choose Probably.

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No
26% Yes
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal
21% Illegal
Abstain

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn
14% Not Sure
Another math failure.

AUChizad · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:40:38 AM »

Quote from: Kaos on March 13, 2012, 09:31:54 AM

Since you asked...

At least you "abstained" on some.

You "abstained" on interracial marriage. I guess this means since it's legal, you think it should be legal. Or you think it should be outlawed, but "just don't want to say."

If you think it should be illegal, is this only white-black marriages that you think should be against the law? What about Caucasian-Asian, or Caucasian-Hispanic? Black-Hispanic? Asian-Bengali/Hindu?

Protip: My wife is Puerto Rican, so technically I'm in an interracial marriage.

djsimp · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2012, 09:56:17 AM »

AUChizad · « **Reply #11 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:07:55 AM »

My answers would be...

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51% male
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt
31% Mitt
30% Rick

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No
26% Yes
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal
21% Illegal

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn
14% Not Sure

I might have answered Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing? with "I'm not sure", but I really lean more toward "No". I'm all for getting illegals documented. I support E-verify, and similar efforts. Alabama's anti-immigration law, which makes racial profiling legal, is over the top.

As for "Is Obama a Christian or a Muslim", given the wording of the question, I would say he's a Christian. I can see why someone might think he's more of an agnostic or atheist, given that he's certainly not evangelical, and thus answer "I don't know", but that's not really the question. His Christian faith has been well documented, considering the Jeremiah Wright controversy, let alone his own words, candidly and on numerous occasions. But of course, everything he says is a lie according to some, so I guess everyone else knows more about his faith than he does. Really, there's only one wrong answer, and that is Muslim. There is absolutely nothing to support that besides snopes-worthy email forwards. But 60% of Alabama Republicans believe he is.

Townhallsavoy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:22:15 AM »

I was disappointed the birth certificate wasn't part of the poll.

Token · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:23:59 AM »

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51% male
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt
31% Mitt
30% Rick

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No
26% Yes
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal
21% Illegal

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn
14% Not Sure

GH2001 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:24:25 AM »

Quote from: AUChizad on March 13, 2012, 10:07:55 AM

51% male
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt
31% Mitt
30% Rick

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure and don't really care as much as you would think.

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No
26% Yes - I think evolution and creation can co-exist.
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal - why would it not be? Dumb question
21% Illegal

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn
14% Not Sure

AUChizad · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:51:38 AM »

Quote from: GH2001 on March 13, 2012, 10:24:25 AM

Yes - I think evolution and creation can co-exist.

By the way, it is refreshing to see everyone so far answering this way. Apparently, only a quarter of Alabama conservatives agree with this.

Kaos · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2012, 10:55:57 AM »

Quote from: AUChizad on March 13, 2012, 09:40:38 AM

At least you "abstained" on some.

You "abstained" on interracial marriage. I guess this means since it's legal, you think it should be legal. Or you think it should be outlawed, but "just don't want to say."

If you think it should be illegal, is this only white-black marriages that you think should be against the law? What about Caucasian-Asian, or Caucasian-Hispanic? Black-Hispanic? Asian-Bengali/Hindu?

Protip: My wife is Puerto Rican, so technically I'm in an interracial marriage.

Puerto Rico is almost a state.

Snaggletiger · « **Reply #17 on:** March 13, 2012, 11:12:02 AM »

51% male - Yes
49% female

If Election was Today:

28% Newt - Yuuup
31% Mitt
30% Rick

Is Alabama's Immigration Law a Good Thing?

67% Yes
22% No - Nooooope
12% Not Sure

Is Barack Obama a Christian or Muslim?

60% Muslim
14% Christian
41% Not Sure - Don't Care

Do you believe in evolution?

60% No - Nooope
26% Yes
13% Not Sure

Should interracial marriage be legal or illegal?

67% Legal - Fine by me
21% Illegal

Are you an Alabama or Auburn fan?

58% Alabama
28% Auburn - Despite my urge to teabag a drunk dude
14% Not Sure

Tarheel · « **Reply #18 on:** March 13, 2012, 11:27:58 AM »

Quote from: djsimp on March 13, 2012, 09:56:17 AM

Yes it is. This poll is done by a well-known, left-leaning polling center in Raleigh, NC and it's clearly designed to pander to the stereotypes of Southerners that the inside-the-beltway elitists and the arrogant, self-entitled, self-important, insufferable, narcissistic liberals already have of us (e.g. uneducated, barefoot, mouth-breathing, provincial, hayseeds ala Mike Huckabee). Thanks but no-thanks.

AUJarhead · « **Reply #19 on:** March 13, 2012, 11:34:02 AM »

Quote from: AUChizad on March 13, 2012, 10:51:38 AM

By the way, it is refreshing to see everyone so far answering this way. Apparently, only a quarter of Alabama conservatives agree with this.

I think a lot of Catholics feel this way, actually. So much so that the Vatican has said that Darwin's Theory of Evolution is "compatible" with Christianity (I won't debate why it took them until 2009 to say that, however).

My belief? Science and Religion don't need to be at odds with each other.