# 46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 8, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718 "2011-04-08T20:55:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718/21 "2011-04-08T22:51:12Z")

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> [@Miller](#):
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> I find this difficult to believe. Anyone heard of the polling outfit, PPP before? Are they reputable?

[From Wiki:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Policy_Polling) Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718/22 "2011-04-08T22:52:20Z")

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> [@Sully](#):
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> I don’t think too many people will find this surprising… just sad. Also not surprising, “The PPP poll also revealed that Palin has more support among voters who believe interracial marriage should be illegal than among those who are OK with it.”
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> [http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/08/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage/](http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/08/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage/)

Boy, in a recent thread I was harshly criticized for an OP that contained some misleading statements.

Considering that this poll is of likely primary voters, not simply “Republicans,” I have to warn you that you’re due for that same kind of brutal attack.

Yup.

Any second now.

Just you wait.

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**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718/23 "2011-04-08T22:56:33Z")

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I just knew there had to be some liberal hypocrisy lying around here somewhere!

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718/24 "2011-04-08T23:40:49Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> Boy, in a recent thread I was harshly criticized for an OP that contained some misleading statements.
> 
> Considering that this poll is of likely primary voters, not simply “Republicans,” I have to warn you that you’re due for that same kind of brutal attack.
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> Yup.
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> Any second now.
> 
> Just you wait.

The fact the poll was only of likely primary voters was brought up in post #10. Learn to read.

Sorry there was not more vitriol in post #10, but this is Great Debates, not the Pit.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-percent-of-mississippi-republicans-want-interracial-marriage-banned/577718/25 "2011-04-09T00:25:23Z")

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Whatever the OP might be, it ain’t a debate.

It is also not much of anything else.

Maybe MPSIMS? The Pit?

I’ll let you figure out what sort of message you want to convey and post this, again, in whatever forum best supports that message. This one is closed.

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