The GOP: One party, under Trump, with bigotry and intolerance for all
Donald Trump has said so many repugnant things on the campaign trail that recounting them has practically become hackneyed. But new data from YouGuv and Public Policy Polling now confirms what we have known all along: many of his supporters eat it up precisely because they are more likely to be intolerant gay-hating racists than any other bloc of Republican voters. They are young and old, rich and poor, highly educated and less educated, born agains and born fine the first time—and they are united under Trump like no other candidate.
Lynn Vavreck brings us the illuminating data points:
Slavery: We miss it!
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.
Deporting all undocumented immigrants immediately: Yipee!
Exit poll data from the South Carolina primary revealed that nearly half the Republicans who turned out on Saturday wanted undocumented immigrants to be deported immediately. Donald Trump won 47 percent of those voters.
Barring Muslims from the U.S.: Absolutely!
Voters were asked if they favored temporarily barring Muslims who are not citizens from entering the United States, something Mr. Trump advocates, and 74 percent said they did. He won 41 percent of that group.