Posted on 11/24/2005 3:02:48 PM PST by NapkinUser
The AP-Ipsos poll on attitudes about Southerners is based on telephone interviews with 2,003 randomly selected adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii and some areas recovering from Hurricane Katrina and Wilma - such as in Louisiana and coastal Mississippi and parts of south and central Florida. The interviews were conducted Oct. 21-26 by Ipsos, an international polling firm.
The results were weighted to represent the population by demographic factors such as age, sex, region and education.
No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than 2 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if everyone in the United States were questioned. The margin of sampling error for the 658 adults in the South is plus or minus 4 percentage points, and for 1,345 adults not in the South the margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
There are other sources of potential error in polls, including the wording and order of questions. Response totals that are less than 1 percent are marked by X. Totals may not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.
For this poll, the South was defined as the 11 ex-Confederate states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, plus Kentucky and Oklahoma - the same states included in past surveys by the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina.
Thinking about people in the southern part of the United States ...
1. In general, do you think Southerners are ...
-More courteous, All, 42 percent; adults in South, 55 percent; adults not in South, 35 percent
-Less courteous, All, 5 percent; in South, 7 percent; not in South, 5 percent
-Or is there not really any difference in how courteous Southerners are compared to people in other areas of the country, All, 46 percent; in South, 33 percent; not in South, 52 percent
-Not sure, All, 7 percent; in South, 5 percent; not in South, 8 percent
2. In general, do you think race relations in the South are ...
-Very good, All, 9 percent; in South, 13 percent; not in South, 7 percent
-Somewhat good, All, 45 percent; in South, 52 percent; not in South, 42 percent
-Mixed, All, 3 percent; in South, 3 percent; not in South, 3 percent
-Somewhat bad, All, 26 percent; in South, 21 percent; not in South, 28 percent
-Very bad, All, 7 percent; in South, 6 percent; not in South, 7 percent
-Not sure, All, 10 percent; in South, 5 percent; not in South, 13 percent
Total good - All, 54 percent; in South, 65 percent; not in South, 49 percent
Total bad - All, 33 percent; in South, 27 percent; not in South, 35 percent.
3. Do you think the South ...
-Is a distinctive region with its own culture, All, 64 percent; in South, 64 percent; not in South, 64 percent
-Is not really that different from other areas of the country, All, 32 percent; in South, 33 percent; not in South, 32 percent
-Not sure, All, 4 percent; in South, 3 percent; not in South, 4 percent.
4. In which state were you born?
West (Total), 15 percent
Midwest (Total), 27 percent
Northeast (Total), 24 percent
South (Total), 27 percent
Other, 7 percent
Not sure, 1 percent
Anyone who said the South is not really that different from other areas of the country is obviously clueless.
The South and West is what is probably going to end up saving this country from the liberals on the coasts and in the Northeast. Maybe Abraham Lincoln had a point after all...
That said, save your Confederate money - the South *will* rise again. Maybe it already has...
A lot of the east coast is in the south.
Not the true South, anyway. :)
Va,NC,SC,GA,Fl,AL,MS,LA,TX are not in the true south?
Since when is MS, LA, and TX the East Coast?
Yeah I know. AL too. I was on a roll and just couldn't stop myself.
Up until it became politically incorrect about 20 yrs ago, as you were driving south across the Ohio River bridges into Louisville, KY, you encountered a large billboard on top of a building that said, "Welcome to the South."
It was a greeting to us Southerners that we were home, that we could be ourselves in this region, that no one would laugh at our dialect, that there would be no jokes or snickers when we were in a crowd.
I have lived in Europe and over a large part of this country, but when we had a chance, we headed back to Georgia and the South. There is a difference, its beautiful, gracious and charming. Its much more blended with the rest of America now, but our South still lives on.
Y'got that right!
I'm hoping Canada will swap us the Prairie Provinces and the Maritime Provinces for the Leftist enclaves of the U.S. Then from a comfortable vantage point we can watch them sink into The Third World as we, of course, continue to ascend to new heights.
"For this poll, the South was defined as the 11 ex-Confederate states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, plus Kentucky and Oklahoma"
The part of Missouri I come from will get some big time whup ass bestowed upon a stranger calling someone a Yankee.
More civil war battles (not the big ones) fought in Missouri for any state except Virginia.
Mississippi ping
horrible war in Missouri...all the fault of Yankee redlegs of course..lol
Keep dreaming.
We get the same feeling when we're heading South on I-81 and see the Mason-Dixon Line sign. Our kids laugh because we always cheer!
They didn't mention the percentage of Southerners who hang up on pollsters so I polled the seven people sitting in my yard drinking beer around the bonfire. 100% said they do.
From New York, pay no heed.
I always play Sweet Home Alabama when we hit Bama on our way to Seagrove FL
my kids thank God that at least it's not the Grateful Dead again..lol
*snort*
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