[Peace-discuss] McClatchy: public opposed to more troops in Afg., esp. women, lower-income

[E. Wayne Johnson]

If there is anything I have learned about Republicans in the past 2 
years, it's how
much they have come to resemble Bob Hope's classic characterization of
Democrats as obedient brainless Zombies.
I am convinced that many Republicans would love even a rat like
Rod Blagojevich if he were only a Republican.

I think that at least half of that 52% are in favour
of the war because they think that they are "supposed"
to be in favour of the war.  There's a lot of anti-government sentiment, 
though.

Let's expose the war as the costly big government program that it is and 
wake them up.  What could be
more Big Government and Authoritarian than an Expensive and Wasteful and 
Unconstitutional War?


On 9/4/2009 12:31 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> McClatchy:
> Poll: Most Americans oppose more troops for Afghanistan
> http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/74730.html
>
> I like this poll report especially because it focuses in particular on
> the question of more troops - the immediate question ahead in
> Washington - and also because it breaks down the responses by groups,
> so you can see that just about every group of people are opposed to
> sending more troops, except Republicans. Women are opposed, men are
> opposed. Blacks are opposed, Hispanics are opposed, whites are
> opposed. The young are opposed; so are the old. Contrary to the canard
> that poor and "uneducated" people are more jingoistic, those with less
> income and less education are most opposed to sending more troops.
>
> And, even among Republicans, it's only 52-40 in favor of more troops.
> For every five Republicans who support more troops, there are four
> Republicans who oppose more troops.
>
> -----
> Opposition to sending more troops also cuts across almost all lines,
> with the deepest opposition coming from women, young people, those
> making less money, people with less than a high school education,
> Hispanics and independents, followed closely by Democrats.
>
> Only one group, Republicans, had a majority supporting the dispatch of
> more troops.
>
> Women oppose sending more troops by the lopsided margin of 60-30, men by 52-40.
>
> The biggest opposition to sending more combat troops comes from people
> who're 18-34 — those most likely to fight — and drops with age. Young
> adults oppose additional troops by a margin of 61-32; those who're
> 35-54 oppose it by 54-37; and those who're 55 and older were against
> it 53-36.
>
> Similarly, those who make the least money were the most opposed, with
> those making less than $25,000 opposed by a margin of 70-27; those
> making $25,000-$50,000 opposed by a margin of 58-35; and those making
> more than $50,000 split, 45-45.
>
> Geographically, the West was the most opposed to sending more troops,
> followed by the Northeast, South and Midwest.
>
> Opposition to more troops was strongest among the least educated:
> 67-28 among those with less than a high school education and 49-38
> among those with some college. The tide turned among the college
> educated, with 46 percent favoring more troops and 44 percent opposed.
>
> Hispanics were the most opposed, 86-9, followed by non-Hispanic
> blacks, 78-15, and non-Hispanic whites, 49-42.
>
> Politically, independents were the most opposed, 67-18, followed by
> Democrats, 66-27. Republicans favored sending more troops by a margin
> of 52-40.
>
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