Interesting post. But the "analysis" is silly. It's hard to tell whether you're trying to talk the GOP off the ledge, reassure your progressive readers that the Republican party hasn't utterly lost its mind, or just kid yourself that things aren't really as bad as they seem. Just look at your numbers:
Third paragraph: 75% of SC primary voters want to ban Muslims from traveling to the US.
4th paragraph: 80% of Trump SC primary voters want to do the same -- this makes Trump voters "outliers."
5th paragraph: Nationally 66% of GOP voters want to ban Mulims from traveling to the U.S.
A five point difference makes Trump voters outliers? Who are you kidding? The margin for error in the poll is 3.3%, so there's barely a significant difference between Trump voters and general GOP voters in SC.
And yes, SC Republicans are a bit more racist than their national brethren, but two thirds of the party nationally buys this crap.
I'm not really sure who you're trying to convince, but the numbers aren't the least bit persuasive.
Interesting post. But the "analysis" is silly. It's hard to tell whether you're trying to talk the GOP off the ledge, reassure your progressive readers that the Republican party hasn't utterly lost its mind, or just kid yourself that things aren't really as bad as they seem. Just look at your numbers:
Third paragraph: 75% of SC primary voters want to ban Muslims from traveling to the US.
4th paragraph: 80% of Trump SC primary voters want to do the same -- this makes Trump voters "outliers."
5th paragraph: Nationally 66% of GOP voters want to ban Mulims from traveling to the U.S.
A five point difference makes Trump voters outliers? Who are you kidding? The margin for error in the poll is 3.3%, so there's barely a significant difference between Trump voters and general GOP voters in SC.
And yes, SC Republicans are a bit more racist than their national brethren, but two thirds of the party nationally buys this crap.
I'm not really sure who you're trying to convince, but the numbers aren't the least bit persuasive.