POLL: 75% OF TEXANS WOULD VOTE TO STAY IN USA

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Texas Survey of 500 Likely Voters

Conducted April 16, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

How closely have you followed recent news stories about the “tea party” protests? 44% Very closely 27% Somewhat closely 23% Not very closely 6% Not at all 1% Not sure2*

Do individual states have the right to leave the United States and form an independent country?31% Yes 55% No 14% Not sure3* If you could vote on the issue, would you vote for Texas to remain in the United States or to secede from the United States and form an independent country of Texas?76% For Texas to remain in the United States 18% For Texas to secede from the United States 7% Not sure 4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of…Hutchison PerryVery Favorable 25% 19%Somewhat Favorable 42% 36%Somewhat Unfavorable 19% 23%Very Unfavorable 5% 19%Not sure 8% 3%5* Generally speaking, when it comes to important national issues, whose judgment do you trust more—the American people or America’s political leaders?73% The American people 11% America’s political leaders 16% Not sure6* Some people believe that the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government become a special interest group?63% Yes 24% No 13% Not sure7* Do government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers and investors?62% Yes 21% No 17% Not sure8* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?32% Strongly approve 16% Somewhat approve 10% Somewhat disapprove 42% Strongly disapprove 0% Not sure9* confidence

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Poll Questions by Rasmussen. Here is the link to their questions:http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/states_general/texas/toplines/toplines_texas_april_16_2009 WOW, Texas Survey of 500 Likely

Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence RASMUSSEN SURVEY: What a bunch of Horse Sh!t

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WOW, according to the Rasmussen Poll, a wopping 375 Texans would want to stay in the USA. That’s really HEADLINE NEWS!!! Margin or error is 22.5 Texans. What a SHAM!!

[incredulous joe]

I don’t doubt this.

I think it’s good that Perry has floated the idea.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

8* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President-Elect… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing? 32% Strongly approve 16% Somewhat approve 10% Somewhat disapprove 42% Strongly disapprove 0% Not sure

By my cypherin, this gives him a president approval index of -10, WAY down from the +32 or so it was..

[wk4bush2004]

“I think it’s good that Perry has floated the idea.”

Me, too!

[rstark56]

yea 500 democrats were surveyed, and how many people in Texas? A couple million or so, yep thats a real indicator alright.

[Vaquero]

Bull$h!t ‘leading’ survey.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

they GOTTA be callin in urban areas..or pollin their own newsroom..

[rovenstinez]

Totally, completely erroneous poll. Anyone living in Texas has seen Bumper Stickers for the last 35 years that say SECEDE NOW.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Don’t agonize that secession didn’t “win.” celebrate that this is actually being talked about and mainstream enough to be reputably polled.

If it were to happen, it would be when things have become significantly worse.

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READ the SURVEY!!

IT IS BASED ON ONLY 500 TEXANS!!

[Adder]

Passing strange they had to rush right out with a poll to “show” the “vast majority” would be against an independent Texas.

Also, NO ONE “strongly disapproved” of Zero????

prima facie bullsh*t

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[stockpirate]

If Texas leaves the Union I will be moving to Texas.

[stockpirate]

Texas could nationalize all federal property and Obama would say great because he is doing the same here.

[Neoliberalnot]

Illegals voting? I guarantee it.

[amyjane]

Well I’m a Texan (transplant) but no matter what state I lived in I couldn’t imagine that the answer to “the country’s in trouble” could possibly be “let’s jump ship.”

It’s our country. It’s the greatest country in the world, ever. It is in trouble. Deep trouble. Are we going to abandon it? I think not!

[militant2]

Polls are designed to generate specifically what the MSM and the government want to feed to the public.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

Militant

[redreno]

Even with Texas out of the Union, Obamaland would still have 56 states.....

[servantboy777]

>>I think it’s good that Perry has floated the idea.<<

You mean...Pontificated to an advantage.

He’z beginning to start the election cycle, his challenger for the governor's seat is Kay Baily (help us all) Hutchison.

It's all political mouthing from Governor good hair.

[NavyCanDo]

I think that was about the same numbers that the Tarheels of North Carolina had in 1860 and early 1861. And boy how quickly the Federals changed that poll around? Them same Tarheels eventualy fielded the some of meanest hard fightingest sons-a-#itches in the war.