PPP: Today, Abraham Lincoln would beat Jefferson Davis in Mississippi

[Tender Branson]

If there was a Presidential election between Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln, who would you vote for?

Abraham Lincoln............................................. 55%
Jefferson Davis ............................................... 28%

Do you think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal?

Legal............................................................... 60%
Illegal .............................................................. 23%

Would you support or oppose Mississippi seceding from the United States?

Support ........................................................... 10%
Oppose ........................................................... 68%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_MS_1118.pdf

[Jacobtm]

Wonder if other states would support kicking Mississippi out of the United States.

[Free Palestine]

I see the people of Mississippi have finally been brainwashed to accept their place under the yoke of the U.S. government.

[angus]

Today, Abraham Lincoln would beat Jefferson Davis in Mississippi

What?  Who wouldn't beat Jefferson Davis for President?  You need a poll for this?  You could put Vladimir Putin up against Jefferson Davis and he'd win.

I'm not saying that Davis was a good president or a bad president, but consider modern sensibilities.  The man was arrested and charged with treason in 1865.  He tried to alter the 1948 Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo to annex even more of Mexico.  (Not that US territorial expansion of Mexico was justified to the extent that it happened, but Davis pretty much wanted the whole enchilada.)  He was a major proponent of slavery.  He is inextricably associated with the CSA.  (Even decent and good men like Robert E. Lee get smeared over association with the CSA, so you know someone like Davis will be.)  On top of all that, he's a Democrat.

Really, does it surprise anyone that Davis would be roundly defeated by Lincoln in Mississippi?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

agreed, it's a very dumb, even to the point of being offensive, poll

[minionofmidas]

Lol.

[FloridaRepublican]

Seriously? I'm surprised they didn't poll about whether or not slavery should be legal.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

From those numbers, at first I thought Davis might still be beating Lincoln among whites, but according to the cross-tabs, he doesn't.  For some reason, Davis manages low double digits among blacks and liberals.  I wonder what Davis' name recognition is, but probably higher in the South than elsewhere.

I don't know whether wanting a constitutional amendment for a mascot is hilarious or sad.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Do you think interracial marriage should be legal or illegal?

Legal............................................................... 60%
Illegal .............................................................. 23%

That's the only number I'd consider too high, actually. 23% over the acceptable limit, actually.

[King]

I doubt Davis has much name recognition, even in MS.

[Jacobtm]

Interracial marriage is much less popular than Lincoln.

What's insulting isn't that they asked this question, it's that nearly 1/4 people in MS think interracial marriage should be illegal.

[angus]

What's insulting isn't that they asked this question, it's that nearly 1/4 people in MS think interracial marriage should be illegal.

Not insulting.  Surprising.  I lived in Columbus, Mississippi from July 2004 till July 2007 with my other-race wife and my half-white son and I don't ever remember one single incident, sign, or look of disapproval or confusion from the locals.  One would assume either that I'm simply not paying attention, or that this poll is suspect.  In that sense the poll doesn't exactly insult my intelligence, but it surprises me.  I'd assumed that polling tries to be at least somewhat scientific.  But, as Vorlon the Great Pollster reminds us from time to time, you cannot really rely on polling as a measure of anything more than who answered how on the particular day that the poll was taken.

[© tweed]

because you're white.  if you were black with a white wife looks would've been the least of it.

[Jacobtm]

Not insulting.  Surprising. 

Man, interracial marriage was illegal there until the Supreme Court ruled against it in 1967. No one should be surprised that many people in Mississippi are still deeply racist.

[Хahar 🤔]

because you're white.  if you were black with a white wife looks would've been the least of it.

Asian women don't threaten the established order.

[Free Palestine]

I'd imagine interracial marriage is just as unpopular among blacks as it is among whites, down there.

Also, even though support for succession is low, I like how a lot of people are answering "not sure."  Which means there is some hope, that some people haven't jumped on the "nationalism durka durka" crazy train.

[Nhoj]

I'd imagine interracial marriage is just as unpopular among blacks as it is among whites, down there.

Also, even though support for succession is low, I like how a lot of people are answering "not sure."  Which means there is some hope, that some people haven't jumped on the "nationalism durka durka" crazy train.

The poll says 13% of blacks think interracial marriage should be illegal and 27% of whites think so.

[Mechaman]

Abraham Lincoln is almost as popular as the legality of Interracial Marriage.

Fascinating.

EDIT: Re-edited post to recognize difference between "approving" of Interracial Marriage and "approving" of the legalization of Interracial Marriage.

[Free Palestine]

I'd imagine interracial marriage is just as unpopular among blacks as it is among whites, down there.

Also, even though support for succession is low, I like how a lot of people are answering "not sure."  Which means there is some hope, that some people haven't jumped on the "nationalism durka durka" crazy train.

The poll says 13% of blacks think interracial marriage should be illegal and 27% of whites think so.

I'd imagine there are still a lot of people who disapprove of interracial marriage, while still saying it should be legal.  Both black and white.

[7,052,770]

Are they going to poll Alabama and other Southern states to ask the same questions?

[Stranger in a strange land]

I'd imagine interracial marriage is just as unpopular among blacks as it is among whites, down there.

Also, even though support for succession is low, I like how a lot of people are answering "not sure."  Which means there is some hope, that some people haven't jumped on the "nationalism durka durka" crazy train.

Almost all of the people who support secession, and probably a good chunk of those who are unsure, adhere to Southern/Confederate Nationalism rather than American Nationalism.

[angus]

Are they going to poll Alabama

No need to.  In 2000, Alabama became the last state to legalize inter-racial marriage.  I was living in Boston at the time but I recall reading about it.  Something like 40% of the people voted to maintain the anti-miscegenation laws.  So, presumably, for at least eleven years the majority of Alabamians have been comfortable with with marriages across racial lines.  I suspect some fraction of all populations (Black, White, and especially Koreans) would be against marrying outside one's race, but even Alabama finally acquiesced to changing its laws.

Not sure about the Davis versus Lincoln question, but Davis wasn't an Alabamian, and would have less name recognition there, so we can guess that his numbers would be lower.