# Christians Twitter poll not going as planned **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135 "2020-02-19T00:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/21 "2020-02-20T15:54:38Z")
There was a Twitter poll a year or so ago by a Democrat group that was basically “Do you support common-sense restrictions on assault weapons?” and it wound up being 95% voting No with tens of thousands of votes, so yes a lot of politically charged polls get vote-bombed by the opposition. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/22 "2020-02-20T17:31:39Z")
> [@Razncain](#): > > Maybe that is a significant factor, and if so, I’m so proud of the younger generation. Indeed, I’m on Twitter a fair bit, and I don’t dare reveal my age. Generally most tweeters are in their teens or 20s, if you are 30 they think you are ancient. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/23 "2020-02-20T18:21:18Z")
Submitted my vote. Thank you! Now, to get 100 signatures so I can be a delegate in Wisconsin… ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/24 "2020-02-20T19:20:02Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > There was a Twitter poll a year or so ago by a Democrat group that was basically “Do you support common-sense restrictions on assault weapons?” and it wound up being 95% voting No with tens of thousands of votes, so yes a lot of politically charged polls get vote-bombed by the opposition. That’s another thing. There are a lot of people on Twitter who like to be obnoxious, and whenever there’s a poll whose desired outcome by the “pollster” is obvious, it will be vote-bombed so the other one wins. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/25 "2020-02-20T19:49:25Z")
Duplicate ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/26 "2020-02-21T11:08:17Z")
Maybe people are starting to realize that Christians are already over-represented in government. The [country is only 73.7 percent Christian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States), but the [House of Representatives is 89.3 percent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_111th_United_States_Congress#Religious_demographics) and the [Senate is at least 86 percent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate). More likely the poll is being skewed by trolls, bless them. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/27 "2020-02-21T23:49:23Z")
Thanks to all that voted. For those with Twitter accounts, hope someone will post the final results here when they come out. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/28 "2020-02-22T00:07:26Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > Maybe people are starting to realize that Christians are already over-represented in government. The [country is only 73.7 percent Christian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States), but the [House of Representatives is 89.3 percent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_111th_United_States_Congress#Religious_demographics) and the [Senate is at least 86 percent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliation_in_the_United_States_Senate). > > More likely the poll is being skewed by trolls, bless them. Well sure, lots of lawmakers are christians, but are they [SIZE=“3”]**#CHRISTIANS[**/SIZE]? by which we mean of course, Republican, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-science etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/29 "2020-02-24T03:32:33Z")
> [@Razncain](#): > > Thanks to all that voted. For those with Twitter accounts, hope someone will post the final results here when they come out. The poll has been deleted, but I saw it at about 10 minutes to go, and it was 89% against, with over 100,000 votes. Guess they took their ball and went home. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135/30 "2020-02-24T12:20:08Z")
^^^ Thanks for getting that for me, **Mr. Me,** I guess a few congregations finally got scolded enough to get out and vote, but still, what a landslide for the heathens and their sympathizers. And icing on the cake for them to have deleted it. I could take news like this all day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-twitter-poll-not-going-as-planned/848135.md?page=1)