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Interesting Reuters Poll on race relations

by Phantom Ace Comments Off
Filed under Headlines, Polls at August 9th, 2013 - 12:11 pm

This poll by Reuters has a very interesting results on race relations in this country.

(Reuters) – About 40 percent of white Americans and about 25 percent of non-white Americans are surrounded exclusively by friends of their own race, according to an ongoing Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The figures highlight how segregated the United States remains in the wake of a debate on race sparked by last month’s acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. President Barack Obama weighed in after the verdict, calling for Americans to do some “soul searching” on whether they harbor racial prejudice.

There are regions and groups where mixing with people of other races is more common, especially in the Hispanic community where only a tenth do not have friends of a different race. About half of Hispanics who have a spouse or partner are in a relationship with non-Hispanics, compared to one tenth of whites and blacks in relationships.

Looking at a broader circle of acquaintances to include coworkers as well as friends and relatives, 30 percent of Americans are not mixing with others of a different race, the poll showed.

The finding that 1/2 of Hispanics are married or in relationships with with non Hispanics does not shock me at all. All of my Hispanic freinds (male and female) are married to or dating Non Hispanics. Italians (cultural/ethnic cousins), Greeks, East Europeans, Irish, Jews and Arab Christians tend to be the groups Hispanics intermarry with the most. Contrary to what Progressives, La Raza and some Conservatives claim, Hispanic is NOT a race, so there is not stigma to marrying non Hispanics.

As to the other findings about many Americans not having friends of other races, I believe that is due to where you live and not racism. Sadly the spin on this poll will be that a huge amount of Americans are racists. That is not what this poll’s results are showing.

There will always be racism and bigoty becasue that is human nature. What is important is that there are no laws discriminating due to a persons race.

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Bad sample gives Obama a 3 point lead over Romney in Quinnipiac Poll

by Phantom Ace ( 6 Comments › )
Filed under Democratic Party, Elections 2012, Headlines, Progressives, Republican Party at July 11th, 2012 - 11:03 am

Another day and another poll to prop up the media’s beloved god-king Quinnipiac conducted a poll that has Obama leading Romney 46-43. It doesn’t seem bad on the surface, but take a look at the sample and you realize they are really trying to prop up Obama.

Only 27% of voters are Republicans? I call bogus on that. In 2010, the exit polls had samples of 35 R/35 D/30 I. That is the model polls should be using. But they don’t because the results may not be favorable to America’s Caligula.

Reuters/Ipsos poll also has a terrible sample. They have Obama leading Romney 46-43. They arrive at that figure by using another bogus sample.