Posted on 03/04/2011 1:43:05 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The perfect companion to this story describing how social cons are coping with the idea that their interests are momentarily subordinate to fiscal conservatism. Rather than quote, let me toss out a few of Pew’s graphs so that you can see how dramatic the trends are. The silver lining for conservatives: Support for gun rights is way up too.
Libertarian fee-vah — catch it?
And the gun rights data:
A near majority of independents (49/45) favors marijuana legalization and clear majorities of indies side with the overall majority on the other three. The long-term national trends explain the results on gay marriage and marijuana, and spiking support for gun rights is obviously a reaction to having a Democrat in the White House (and the Supreme Court’s Heller decision, natch), but I’m surprised by the abortion numbers. Shortly after Obama was first sworn in, Gallup saw a huge swing from pro-choice to pro-life, which I assumed at the time was also a backlash to having a liberal as president. The more you perceive the government as a threat to a right you believe in, the more ardent your support of that right is apt to be. (Although that clearly wasn’t the case for abortion during the Clinton years.) The recent surge is probably due in part to the GOP takeover of the House, with panicked leftists rallying around choice to protect it from any Republican attempts to limit it, but it looks like the trend was already on its way up before the November elections. I’m not sure why, especially since there’s no corresponding bounce for gun control. Any theories? Is it just reversion to a modern norm after a moment of panic following Obama’s inauguration?
Update: This is a poll of adults, by the way, not likely voters, but with Democratic turnout guaranteed to be up for The One’s reelection bid and independents perpetually coveted by both sides, it’s worth bearing these trends in mind.
Update: Some commenters are naturally challenging the sample, which is 32D/26R/36I. That’s not representative of the midterms, but midterm samples and presidential election samples are different. In 2008, the split in the national exit poll was 39D/32R/29I. Will they have that same advantage in 2012? Probably not, given how motivated conservatives are to beat Obama, but much depends on who the nominee is and of course intervening “events.”
what a crock....
what a crock....
what a crock....
I heard you the first time :)
This will not do well under Sharia Law....
Nothing but a dim owned pew propaganda poll for the left... all the left has left is the lie... and these are lies to shape public opinion... not to reflect public opinion.
LLS
LOL... thanks for the laugh.
Pew is famous for its propaganda polls.
LOL These fools have been saying that the majority of folks want homo marriage etc for over a decade and yet when a state votes it seems the majority want normal natural marriage and families.
Lets put it to a vote for every state then and lets see where people stand.
perverts, sicko’s and weirdo’s on one side, normal natural families on the other side.
I know what side I’m on as does conservatives and the majority of folks
This is nonsense anyhow. The fact that we are experiencing an economic catastrophe should encourage independents and Republicans who don’t know better than to be socially liberal want to back fiscal conservatives, but the simple matter is that a majority of conservatives lean towards socially conservative ideas, such as not killing babies, not promoting homosexuality and sexual perversion, owning guns for self-defense, property rights, creating a culture that will make our nation better, not more insane, securing our borders and having sane and reasonable immigration policies. I wouldn’t write off social conservatives just yet. Pop culture isn’t all it is cracked up to be.
ah, but doesn’t it always seem that one judge “knows better” than 100 million voters?
In other words... America continues it’s decent into an immoral morass that will take a major event to cure.
That event will probably come out of Michiganistan.
data ping
Last November California, close to the most liberal state in the union (if it actually isn’t), voted not to extend marriage rights to homosexuals.
PEW polls are aptly named.
something is messing up my posts....
decent = descent... but then, you knew that.
This should give allahpundit a tingle up his leg.
Right now, the whack left in America is sympathetic to any group that hates America. Later on, these idiots would be the first to “Lose their heads”.....
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