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Well, not really. jh Send a noteboard - 19/03/2017 02:38:51 PM

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View original postA survey last month by Pew Research Center found that 35% of the public favored building a wall along the entire U.S-Mexican border, while 62% were opposed. Nearly three-quarters of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (74%) supported building the wall, compared with just 8% of Democrats and Democratic leaners.


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View original post35% of public, but 74% of republican leaning. The polling sample must be HEAVILY slanted left. If this is the kind of polling they have been doing it is no wonder Hillary was projected to win. perhaps the polling companies should try asking folks outside of the 6 major cities what they think...

The maths is pretty simple. 35% of the public and 74% of republican-and republican-leaning, that would make the republican leaning about (given that some of the democrat leaning people wanted the wall too) at about 40-45% of the respondents. I do not know how the polling is conducted, but allow for some true independents, and it mirrors the result of the latest election fairly well, a good deal of more democrat votes. Now, considering the fact that they may also have obtained answers from people who did not actually vote, because of reasons, and the non-voting population tends to lean a bit more democrat (No numbers here, just based on reports during the election period, might be wrong), the numbers are not at all far off. (Of course, classic under-representation of people not answering because they are ashamed of voting for the guy with the hair might also factor in.)

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The closer you are to the border the less liekly you are to support the wall random thoughts - 09/03/2017 06:26:37 PM 872 Views
Dear God... Jeordam - 09/03/2017 07:06:37 PM 518 Views
On the Texas border it will block their only access to water random thoughts - 09/03/2017 08:31:21 PM 477 Views
The problems with it are likely much more obvious to you, as well. nossy - 09/03/2017 08:29:12 PM 489 Views
In Texas it is almost all private property. random thoughts - 09/03/2017 08:34:40 PM 469 Views
NIMBY? *NM* damookster - 09/03/2017 08:39:19 PM 237 Views
350 miles a big backyard *NM* random thoughts - 10/03/2017 02:48:49 AM 202 Views
The closer you are to the border the more likely it will eminent domain you out of property Joel - 09/03/2017 09:01:24 PM 536 Views
I think it could be less fear of the different random thoughts - 10/03/2017 03:25:00 AM 537 Views
We should build a big ice all....to keep the White Walkers out.... *NM* Jeordam - 09/03/2017 10:27:34 PM 200 Views
Too late. Canada has fallen. And New England has/will too. The Shrike - 10/03/2017 01:05:45 AM 409 Views
Is it just me or is ther a serious sampeling bias in the polling numbers you site. HyogaRott - 10/03/2017 02:11:42 PM 496 Views
Well, not really. jh - 19/03/2017 02:38:51 PM 560 Views
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