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Results of AP-Ipsos poll on attitudes about Southerners
The Macon Telegraph ^ | 11/24/2005 | AP

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: apipsos; dixie; poll; south
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1 posted on 11/24/2005 3:02:48 PM PST by NapkinUser
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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...


2 posted on 11/24/2005 3:18:29 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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A lot of the east coast is in the south.


3 posted on 11/24/2005 3:25:58 PM PST by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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To: csmusaret

Not the true South, anyway. :)


4 posted on 11/24/2005 3:27:22 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Va,NC,SC,GA,Fl,AL,MS,LA,TX are not in the true south?


5 posted on 11/24/2005 3:30:39 PM PST by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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Since when is MS, LA, and TX the East Coast?


6 posted on 11/24/2005 3:32:10 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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Yeah I know. AL too. I was on a roll and just couldn't stop myself.


7 posted on 11/24/2005 3:34:07 PM PST by csmusaret (Urban Sprawl is an oxymoron)
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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.


8 posted on 11/24/2005 3:37:21 PM PST by armydawg1 (" America must win this war..." PVT Martin Treptow, KIA, WW1)
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"The South and West is what is probably going to end up saving this country..."

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.

9 posted on 11/24/2005 3:41:59 PM PST by Savage Beast ("Oprah: The light that shines so gently on those who need it most." ~Sidney Poitier)
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10 posted on 11/24/2005 5:21:02 PM PST by mirkwood (sweetwater brewery in atlanta)
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"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.


11 posted on 11/24/2005 6:43:08 PM PST by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: NapkinUser; mpackard; titleist975; LibLieSlayer; Soulfull; wxdawg; A Mississippian; Cedar; ...

Mississippi ping


12 posted on 11/24/2005 6:47:29 PM PST by WKB (If you can't dazzle them with brilliance.. then Baffle them with BS)
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13 posted on 11/24/2005 7:32:46 PM PST by wardaddy (HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (toddcaps)...lol)
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horrible war in Missouri...all the fault of Yankee redlegs of course..lol


14 posted on 11/24/2005 7:33:43 PM PST by wardaddy (HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (toddcaps)...lol)
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To: Spktyr
"That said, save your Confederate money - the South *will* rise again."

Keep dreaming.

15 posted on 11/24/2005 7:35:02 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: armydawg1
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.

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!

16 posted on 11/24/2005 7:44:01 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: NapkinUser

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.


17 posted on 11/24/2005 8:39:29 PM PST by KarinG1 (Some of us are trying to engage in philosophical discourse. Please don't allow us to interrupt you.)
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To: Spktyr; M. Espinola

From New York, pay no heed.


18 posted on 11/24/2005 8:57:10 PM PST by NapkinUser ("Our troops have become the enemy." -Representative John P. Murtha, modern day Benedict Arnold.)
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To: SuziQ

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


19 posted on 11/24/2005 9:13:33 PM PST by wardaddy (HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (toddcaps)...lol)
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To: wardaddy
my kids thank God that at least it's not the Grateful Dead again..lol

*snort*

20 posted on 11/24/2005 9:26:55 PM PST by SuziQ
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