As Donald Trump dominates the GOP nomination race and some of his inflammatory comments find favor with the party faithful, CBS News measured how the public feels about his “poisoning the blood” language. A striking number of voters agree with this description of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally, and among Republicans, associating the remarks with Trump himself makes them even likelier to agree.

  • @[email protected]
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    316 months ago

    Note that this question (#13) was only asking “likely Republican primary voters.”

    To me, the most disturbing stat was #19, the 50-50 split among all likely voters between valuing “a strong economy” versus “a functioning democracy.”

    • Osa-Eris-Xero512
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      Given that kind of false dichotomy, i wouldn’t have been surprised at /any/ result

      • osarusan
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        56 months ago

        Yeah, talk about a loaded, dishonest question. When you’re willing to poison the well that much, you can come to any conclusion you like.

    • @[email protected]
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      56 months ago

      Most people joined the Nazi party because it got them a job. Fascism lures people in with economic false promises.

    • @jballs
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      26 months ago

      Oh whew I didn’t catch that. Thanks for pointing that out.