According to any statistics class, “surveys” are the VERY least reliable source of information.
Wrong: I am sure any statistics class can tell you that not all surveys are the same and warrant the same degree of credulity, but multiple surveys of how people feel which consistently conflate with each other, and with actual evidence are a whole lot more reliable sources of accurate information than bare assertions - which is all you have.
Trying to prove that those whom Rome counts and treats as members in life and in death are overall strongly (if that) conservative is what you cannot show.
I agree that this is ABSOLUTELY true!
I've read it somewhere on the 'net.