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Pew Poll: Most Americans continue to oppose U.S. border wall, doubt Mexico would pay for it
Pew Research ^ | 02/24/2017 | Rob Suls

Posted on 02/25/2017 6:30:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

What is it with the “P” people?

PEW,POYNTER,POLITICO,Pulitzer——all leftwing anus’.......


21 posted on 02/25/2017 6:48:42 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Opposition to the wall is widespread among young adults younger than 30. By 78% to 20%, more adults under 30 oppose than favor a wall."

This goes with this:

In response to the question, “Which type of political system do you think is the most compassionate?”, 58 percent said socialism and 9 percent said communism. Just 33 percent chose capitalism. Sixty-six percent of the poll’s respondents said corporate America “embodies everything that is wrong about America.”

And this, also from Pew:

40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities

Better hope young people grow out of this stuff as they age, or America is going to become a real craphole in a generation.

22 posted on 02/25/2017 6:49:30 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: SeekAndFind

Pew!! What’s that awful smell?! Oh, now I know. FAKE NEWS!


23 posted on 02/25/2017 6:53:25 AM PST by Tucker39 (In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Polls don’t mean a damn thing. Politicos paying for the appearance of agreement. Stop supporting them by clicking on them.


24 posted on 02/25/2017 6:53:46 AM PST by richardtavor
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To: SeekAndFind
As was the case throughout the presidential campaign, more Americans continue to oppose (62%) than favor (35%) building a wall along the entire U.S. border with Mexico.

Notice the word "entire," which is not part of the Trump proposal or plan.

This is another example of a poll with an agenda. Regardless, the wall will be built and the public will start to see the results. The Trump administration should embark on a public information campaign showing the current state of the border; testimonies by Border Patrol officers; and exactly how the wall will be used.

A more proper question would have been: Do you support strengthening the physical barriers on the Southern border to stop the flow of drugs, sex traffickers, terrorists, and illegal aliens? Or, do you believe that the Southern border is secure and that no improvements are necessary?

25 posted on 02/25/2017 6:54:40 AM PST by kabar
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To: SeekAndFind

The cycle is hysterically funny. The issues of Obamacare and the wall were plainly in front of the voters in the last election. One candidates liked Obamacare and opposed the wall the other had the opposite view. The media put forth polls that showed Hillary winning bigly.

She lost bigly. Clearly the anti-wall pro-Obamacare position did not win the day. But abracadabra hokuspocus alakazam (and right on cue) here comes the propaganda machine to tell us that no, we all really voted for the exact opposite of what prevailed.

Up is down, down is up and the sky is made of skittles. We have a poll that shows it don’t you know.


26 posted on 02/25/2017 6:58:04 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: SeekAndFind

Pew has been a mover and pusher of socialist/liberal/elite agendas for many decades - if not from its inception. There is not a single issue Pew will ever come down on he conservative side/point of view.

It is more or less a bell weather for liberal directions and a funding source for many destructive actions taken by the left.


27 posted on 02/25/2017 6:59:05 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: SeekAndFind
"1,503 adults"

Not "likely voters", "registered voters" or "citizens".

(At least 7% of the US population is made up of noncitizens; 13% of California, 10% of New York, and 11% of New Jersey.)

28 posted on 02/25/2017 6:59:49 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: SeekAndFind
PEW. THAT SOUNDS LIKE a Tobacco CHEWER Spitting. That's what it's worth as well. pit-PEW!
29 posted on 02/25/2017 7:01:35 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I really don’t care who pays for the wall,just get it done.


30 posted on 02/25/2017 7:04:35 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: SeekAndFind

This poll is of adults. Not voters. Not even eligible voters. Not necessarily even Americans.


31 posted on 02/25/2017 7:08:04 AM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: SeekAndFind

based on the demographics, this poll really sucks for the RATS. The percentages represent margin of error(whatever that means) RATS oversampled by 11%

Survey conducted Feb. 7-12, 2017
Group,Unweighted,sample size Plus or minus …
Total sample 1,503 2.9 percentage points

White, non-Hispanic 993 3.6 percentage points
Black, non-Hispanic 153 9.1 percentage points
Hispanic 203 7.9 percentage points

Republican/Lean Rep 581 4.7 percentage points

Democrat/Lean Dem 797 4.0 percentage points

http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/24143808/Border-methodology_2.pdf

http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/02/24131814/Border_topline_for_release022417.pdf


32 posted on 02/25/2017 7:08:52 AM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: econjack
Most people don’t seem to understand the vehicle Trump envisions for paying for the wall: Import taxes. The average person seems to think Trump is going to send a bill to Mexico and they pay it.

The average American has got the attention span of a goldfish. All they care about are the Kardashians and Dancing With The Stars. They get all their information by 10-15 second soundbites, from the approved outlets ABCPMSNBCSEEBSCNNNPR.

...Oh, and a few poll results, from Pew and Quinnipac and a few others (paid for by ABCPMSNBCSEEBSCNNNPR)

33 posted on 02/25/2017 7:14:17 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wait, didn’t Pew predict President Hillary? FAKE POLL!


34 posted on 02/25/2017 7:14:43 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: Steamburg

I still believe that Americans are a common sense people. We can’t begin to talk about a common sense immigration policy until we secure our border. We have to be able to control who comes into the country first. And deporting violent criminals who are in the country illegally is totally common sense.


35 posted on 02/25/2017 7:25:55 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: All

This is more junk news!

Junk News like junk food will kill you...................eventually................

Dr. Oz: EEG Brain Scans Reveal Fake News Threatens Your Health

Observer ^ | 2/23/17 | Dr. Mehmet Oz

Posted on 2/23/2017, 9:55:44 AM by Mozilla

Our show will spotlight a first-of-its-kind social experiment to identify the dangerous and disruptive effect of fake news on our brains. We had high profile fake news creator Jestin Coler craft two fictional stories: one designed to prey on liberals and another on conservatives.
Women read the articles, not knowing they were fake, as neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen gathered quantitative EEG assessments.

The findings supported results of a functional MRI study recently published in Nature Scientific Reports, which showed how challenging a person’s political beliefs could activate the parts of the brain associated with emotion and self-identity.

A self-described liberal woman in our social experiment reported feeling sad after reading a fictional article on illegal immigrants, but revealed stronger irritation and anger when processing a fake story about a jailed climate change researcher. Simultaneous changes in her brain activity were also much greater when processing the climate change story and correlated with a strong emotional response of angst and fear.

A conservative woman demonstrated opposite reactions. For her, the article on illegal immigration elicited changes in brain activity changes that you would see during a physical threat.

The women were not told that the articles were fake until they were seated on stage. What happened next was startling. First, the women understandably, but awkwardly, tried to defend why they believed the false stories, rather than expressing frustration that they had been duped. This natural human tendency was highlighted by one woman’s comment that while the news was fake, it reinforced a truth she felt about our country—so the piece was tolerable.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3528304/posts

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36 posted on 02/25/2017 7:33:57 AM PST by Grampa Dave (No country has a right to ship their poverty laden, killers, rapists & criminals to our/my country!!)
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To: Lion Den Dan

This Google search link shows how wrong in the 2016 election, the Pewsters were during.


37 posted on 02/25/2017 7:38:58 AM PST by Grampa Dave (No country has a right to ship their poverty laden, killers, rapists & criminals to our/my country!!)
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To: Steamburg

Only a small fraction of the problem is in the questions.

Another problem is wholly insurmountable.
A large portion of Americans no longer answers polls.
In fact, they do not answer phones at all if they don’t recognise the number and they don’t give any time whatsoever to people with clipboards or tablets acosting people in public places.

Add to that the people who lie to pollsters for any reason from thinking it’s funny to being offended by them, and it becomes clear that a truly representative sample of the general population is no longer willing to participate.


38 posted on 02/25/2017 7:39:27 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: Right Brother

If they build walls by popularity, It would just be a wall for white people.


39 posted on 02/25/2017 7:40:38 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The poll has spoken.

This is settled science.


40 posted on 02/25/2017 7:45:25 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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