Can anyone from the southern U.S. explain this?
I just read this poll of Republican voters in Mississippi and Alabama, and I have to admit that I’m terrified.
People who accept evolution: 22% in Mississippi, 26% in Alabama.
People who believe Obama is a Muslim: 52% in Mississippi, 45% in Alabama.
Believe that interracial marriage should be illegal: 29% in Mississippi, 21% in Alabama. (Note that an additional 17%/12% are “not sure”).
These poll numbers read like some kind of dystopian nightmare novel to me. Those of you in the south – are you surprised by these polls? Do you come in contact with these people? What gives?
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