PPP poll in Georgia: creationism, Hillary, background checks, gay marriage ...

[pampango]

-Georgians across party lines believe in creationism over evolution. The overall numbers are 53/29- it's 70/17 with Republicans, 43/33 among Democrats, and 46/40 with independents.

-PPP's newest Georgia poll finds that Hillary Clinton would have a decent shot at winning the state if there was an election today. She leads Rand Paul, who's led our most recent national GOP polling, 48/43. She also has a 47/44 advantage on Paul Ryan, a 47/43 one on Newt Gingrich, and a 51/38 one over Sarah Palin. She ties Jeb Bush at 45, and the only Republican with an advantage over her is Chris Christie at 44/42. She could make Georgia a swing state in 2016.

-Georgia voters are still strongly opposed to gay marriage- only 32% support it with 60% against. But even there you can see the wheels turning- last year we found 27% of voters in the state supportive and 65% opposed. Voters under 30 support it by a 56/31 marriage.

-73% of Georgians support expanded background checks for gun purchases to 19% who are opposed. There's bipartisan support for this gun legislation with 89% of Democrats, 65% of independents, and 59% of Republicans supporting it.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/08/georgia-miscellany.html

Background checks are supported by 73% of Georgians (a red state); even be a majority of Georgia republicans.

It is sad that a plurality of state Democrats believe in creationism over evolution, but at least it it not by the whopping majority (70%) of republicans.

[PDJane]

1. It really bothers me that, in the 21 century, we still have people who believe in creationism.

[Kolesar]

3. Whoever alerted in this thread needs a valium

or a beer

[LonePirate]

4. Those creationism numbers speak to the wretched educational system in GA

I wish politicians would speak to that instead of speaking about education in relation to privatization and union busting.