37 Percent Of Mississippi GOPers Would Back Confederates In Civil War

Members of the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans color guard prepare to present the colors during the official ribbon cutting for the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library on Monday, June 3, 201... Members of the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans color guard prepare to present the colors during the official ribbon cutting for the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Beauvoir in Biloxi. The group was wearing the uniform of the Mississippi Rifles in honor of Jefferson Davis, who commanded them during the Mexican-American War. (AP Photo/The Sun Herald, Amanda McCoy ) TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: MISSISSIPPI PRESS OUT; LOCAL TV OUT WLOX, LOCAL ONLINE OUT; GULFLIVE.COM OUT MORE LESS
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A new Public Policy Polling survey found that 37 percent of Republicans who voted in the Mississippi primary runoff election between incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) and state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) said they would back the Confederate side if there was another Civil War.

The poll, obtained by TPM, is full of goodies for poll geeks. Of those polled, including Democrats and Republicans, 50 percent said they would support the United States while 29 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America.

Broken down by party affiliation, 82 percent of Democrats said they would support the United States while just 9 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America. Among Republicans, 37 percent said they would support the Confederate States of America while 41 percent said they would support the United States. Another 21 percent of Republicans said they weren’t sure while 9 percent of Democrats said they weren’t sure.

PPP’s poll was conducted among 501 Republican primary voters from July 10 to 13. All those surveyed said they voted in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

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