Poll: In New York, Opposition To Terror Trial Is Old, White, And Republican

[babylonsister]

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/terrorism/poll-in-new-york-opposition-to-terror-trial-is-old-white-and-republican/

Poll: In New York, Opposition To Terror Trial Is Old, White, And Republican


Buried in the internals of the new Marist poll of New York City residents is a striking finding: Opposition to trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-conspirators in a New York court is almost entirely driven by old, white, and Republican voters.

The poll finds that overall, 45% of New Yorkers think the trial is a good idea, versus 41% who think it’s a bad idea.

When the numbers are broken down by age, the only group against the trial is made up of those over 65, by 46%-41%. The other age groups are in favor of it.

When the numbers are broken down by race, the only group against the trial is made up of whites, by 49%-41%. Blacks and Latinos both favor it, Latinos overwhelmingly so.

And when the poll is broken down by party, Republicans are overwhelmingly against the trial, 68%-23%. Dems and “non-enrolled” both favor it.

Suggestive. It would be interesting to see a similar breakdown of a national poll, wouldn’t it?

Special thanks to reader Ethan for the catch.

[Bitwit1234]

1. They didn't have to take a poll to tell us that

Republicans have a bad case of diarrhea because they think
Bush and Cheney will be caught. As well as other republicans who approved torture.

[babylonsister]

2. That doesn't quite explain old and white, especially in NY. nt