The New York Times looked into new data from YouGov and Public Policy Polling. They were looking to see if Trump’s “intolerance” and “popularity” were connected. What do people who say they support Trump say about things like … oh, I don’t know, the Emancipation Proclamation that freed African American slaves in the Confederacy during the Civil War? It was signed by President something or other, it’ll come to me:
According to P.P.P., 70 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters in South Carolina wish the Confederate battle flag were still flying on their statehouse grounds. (It was removed last summer less than a month after a mass shooting at a black church in Charleston.) The polling firm says that 38 percent of them wish the South had won the Civil War. Only a quarter of Mr. Rubio’s supporters share that wish, and even fewer of Mr. Kasich’s and Mr. Carson’s do.
Nationally, the YouGov data show a similar trend: Nearly 20 percent of Mr. Trump’s voters disagreed with the freeing of slaves in Southern states after the Civil War. Only 5 percent of Mr. Rubio’s voters share this view.
According to YouGov, 17 percent “not sure” about freeing all slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the federal government. Bananas. Let’s ask the straight up, old school, classic definition of “Are you a straight up angry racist piece of shit?”
The P.P.P. poll asked voters if they thought whites were a superior race. Most Republican primary voters in South Carolina — 78 percent — disagreed with this idea (10 percent agreed and 11 percent weren’t sure). But among Mr. Trump’s supporters, only 69 percent disagreed. Mr. Carson’s voters were the most opposed to the notion (99 percent), followed by Mr. Kasich and Mr. Cruz’s supporters at 92 and 89 percent. Mr. Rubio’s backers were close to the average level of disagreement (76 percent).
[Bold are my eyes glazing over in profound annoyance]
So when your uncle or that older friend of yours says that Trump supporters aren’t racist, they’re just not “PC,” remember, being “not PC” means you’re a fucking racist.
