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It seems that a new poll by Public Policy Polling showed that 46% of Republicans in Mississippi prefer a ban on interracial marriage.
It is closing in on 50 years since interracial marriage was made legal in Mississippi and this shows how long it takes for attitudes to catch up with societal changes. An article titled “46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned” by Lauren Frayer April 8, 2011 and published in AOL news goes into other details.
Considering other polling that has shown the skew in other views among Republicans by geography regarding issues such as the belief that President Obama was not born in the United States, is this really surprising. President Obama was the product of an interracial marriage and that could make it easier for some that hold negative view on mixed marriages to believe other negative things about the President.
There was also other revealing back ground data in the study. It seems that those that are against interracial marriage, support Sarah Palin more than Mitt Romey. Overall, Haley Barbour had the most support for President. Mike Huckabee was the second choice for President in 2012 with Gingrich and Palin tied for third.
This story is sobering and says a lot about a continuing racial divide among some in this country.
