Poll: 37% of Miss. Republicans would back new Confederacy

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37 Percent Of Mississippi GOPers Would Back Confederates In Civil War

Daniel Strauss – July 15, 2014, 10:01 AM EDT

A new Public Policy Polling survey found that 37 percent of Republicans who voted in the Mississippi primary runoff election between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) and state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) said they would back the Confederate side if there was another Civil War.

The poll, obtained by TPM, is full of goodies for poll geeks. Of those polled, including Democrats and Republicans, 50 percent said they would support the United States while 29 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America.

Broken down by party affiliation, 82 percent of Democrats said they would support the United States while just 9 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America. Among Republicans, 37 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America while 41 percent said they would support the United States. Another 21 percent of Republicans said they weren't sure while 9 percent of Democrats said they weren't sure.

PPP's poll was conducted among 501 Republican primary voters from July 10 to 13. All those surveyed said they voted in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

I just got back from the South last week, and somehow I'm not surprised.

[Josh]

I actually am surprised. I wouldn't have expected it to be only 37% and that's actually kind of heartening.

[LadyTevar]

I have to wonder how many of those polled lied because it would be Politically Incorrect to say the truth.

[frigidmagi]

The ones not willing to tell a pollster that might not be that dependable in waging a insurgency against the US anyways.

Is there an age break down on this? Race? Gender? Those are actually more important then party affliation honestly. If this is a bunch of retirees saying it, I would be less worried then if it was a solid core of males ages 18 to 35 if you read me.