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43% of Republicans can imagine supporting a military coup
By the way, it's not thrilling to learn that 20% of Democrats also might be OK with it.
According to this new YouGov poll, these same patriotic Republicans still love the military passionately but are no longer attached to that moldy old concept of civilian control:
More to the point, only 32 percent of Republicans state unequivocally that they could not conceive of a situation in which they would support a military coup.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/seven-days-in-wingnutville.html
“Republicans (43%) are more than twice as likely as Democrats (20%) to say that they could conceive of a situation in which they would support a military coup in the United States.”
More to the point, only 32 percent of Republicans state unequivocally that they could not conceive of a situation in which they would support a military coup.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/seven-days-in-wingnutville.html