Pew: Clinton, Sanders supporters differ sharply on U.S. global role

[cali]

Democrats who back Hillary Clinton differ from those who support Bernie Sanders in their views of many foreign policy issues, with some of the starkest divisions on fundamental questions relating to the U.S.’s role in the world, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in March and April.

Two-thirds (66%) of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters who support Clinton for the party’s presidential nomination say that world problems would be even worse without U.S. involvement; just 28% say U.S. efforts usually make things worse. By contrast, Sanders supporters are divided: 49% say global problems would be even worse without the U.S. being involved, while nearly as many (45%) say U.S. efforts usually make matters worse.

Democrats who back Hillary Clinton differ from those who support Bernie Sanders in their views of many foreign policy issues, with some of the starkest divisions on fundamental questions relating to the U.S.’s role in the world, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in March and April.


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Clinton and Sanders supporters disagree when it comes to striking the balance between anti-terrorism policies and civil liberties. About half of Clinton supporters (51%) say they are more concerned that U.S. anti-terrorism policies have not gone far enough to protect the country, while 35% say they have gone too far in restricting civil liberties. Sanders supporters express the opposite concern: 51% are more worried anti-terrorism policies have gone too far, while just 33% worry that they have not gone far enough.

By a wide margin (47% to 27%), Clinton supporters say they sympathize more with Israel than with the Palestinians in their dispute. By contrast, Sanders backers are divided, with fairly similar shares saying they sympathize with the Palestinians (39%) and Israel (33%)

More:

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/17/clinton-sanders-supporters-differ-sharply-on-u-s-global-role/

[Vote2016]

1. A substantive post? Here? Haven't gotten the message the Hillary and her supporters have pivoted to

pure fact-free personal attacks for the general election?

[CorporatistNation]

3. Facts Are Just A Hassle To The Hillary "People!"

Facts are just an encumbrance on raw belief... no matter how of kilter with the facts...

[Wilms]

2. Glad they did this poll.

Glad you posted it.

[cali]

4. Kick/

[bemildred]

5. Both parties have this problem actually.

But I think the Democratic Party's is worse. A lot of the objections to Ms Clinton have to do with her foreign policy attitudes, her adherence to the "DC Playbook", as Obama called it.

[Garrett78]

6. Yet the Sanders/Anti-War Narrative doesn't jibe with reality.

In spite of the views of his supporters.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubling-history-supporting-us-military-violence-abroad

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/04/27/kill-a27.html

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/16/blood-traces-bernies-iraq-war-hypocrisy/

[oberliner]

7. Who are the 16 percent of Bernie supporters who want to increase defense spending?

That seems high.

[Ferd Berfel]

8. Yep this is how the Republicans I know think

Two-thirds (66%) of Democratic and Democratic-leaning registered voters who support Clinton for the party’s presidential nomination say that world problems would be even worse without U.S. involvement; just 28% say U.S. efforts usually make things worse.

Last night one of my republican friends asked" WTF are we going to do in November? (I already know he doesn't like Drumpf)

I've been telling him that he should vote for CLinton because she a better republican than Drumpf will ever be. I've told him before that this is why I can't vote for her - she's a republican in disguise. I can't vote for her but there is no reason that Republicans shouldn't.