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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on July 04, 2010, 10:54:39 PM
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Hey Lurking DUmmies. Love it or leave it.
Conservatives Are More Than Twice as Likely as Liberals to Be Strongly Patriotic, Says Gallup Poll
Conservatives are more than twice as likely as liberals to express very strong patriotism, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll in which 48 percent of conservatives said they were “extremely patriotic,†but only 19 percent of liberals made that claim.
The poll asked respondents this question: “How patriotic are you? Would you say extremely patriotic, very patriotic, somewhat patriotic, or not especially patriotic?†The poll surveyed a random sample of 1,014 adults from June 11-13, and the margin of error was plus-or-minus 4 percentage points.
Overall, 72 percent of Americans said they were either extremely (32 percent) or very patriotic (42 percent), with another 19 percent saying they were somewhat patriotic. Only 6 percent said they were "not especially patriotic."
The USA Today news story on this poll question did not report any data at all about the patriotism of liberals as discovered by the survey, although it did report that patriotism has increased among Republicans and conservatives, stating: “The number of Republicans and conservatives who describe their patriotism as running high has increased 24 percentage points since 1999.â€
The Gallup analysis of the poll question did list what percentage of liberals, conservatives and moderates, Republicans, Democrats and Independents, and people of various age groups described themselves as "extremely patriotic" in both 2005 and this year--thus providing a basis for comparing liberals with conservatives as well as with other groups.
CNSNews (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/68975)
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Gallup (http://www.gallup.com/poll/141110/One-Three-Americans-Extremely-Patriotic.aspx)
The Commies are in control and yet their patriotism is lower now than when President Bush was in office.
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Nothing instills love of country like an extended, all-expense-paid trip to a third world shithole full of crazy MFers that want to cut your throat for being an American. A lot of folks in the rising demographics have had one, or had a loved one on such a jaunt, during that five year stretch.
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Of course Patriotism is low amongst certain groups, look at who's teaching in the schools, I'd be shocked if kids today were being taught how great a Country we are, if anything I'd say the opposite is being taught, God forbid we should offend certain groups or foreigners by teaching how we're the greatest Country on earth.