source: The Washington Post
Republicans are the only group that favors racial profiling at airports, with a majority of them supporting the policy, while Democrats and independents are strongly opposed to it, according to internals of the new Washington Post/ABC News poll that were sent my way.
As I noted yesterday, the new Post poll gauging attitudes towards the TSA pat-downs also tested attitudes towards the possibility of the Transportation Security Administration profiling passengers. While most favor profiling in general, a sizable majority, 59 percent, are opposed to including race in passengers' profiles, while only 40 percent favor it.
I've now obtained the partisan breakdown on this question, and it finds Republicans at odds with the rest of the country:
* Fifty three percent of Republicans think race "should be included in a passenger's security profile," while 45 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 39 percent of independents think race should be included, while 59 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 31 percent of Dems think race should be included, while 68 percent think it shouldn't.
This is perhaps not a terribly surprising result. But it's certainly worth noting that with a variety of conservative media figures aggressively pushing racial profiling in recent days, the only people who agree with them are Republicans, while the rest of the country is strongly opposed.
Republicans are the only group that favors racial profiling at airports, with a majority of them supporting the policy, while Democrats and independents are strongly opposed to it, according to internals of the new Washington Post/ABC News poll that were sent my way.
As I noted yesterday, the new Post poll gauging attitudes towards the TSA pat-downs also tested attitudes towards the possibility of the Transportation Security Administration profiling passengers. While most favor profiling in general, a sizable majority, 59 percent, are opposed to including race in passengers' profiles, while only 40 percent favor it.
I've now obtained the partisan breakdown on this question, and it finds Republicans at odds with the rest of the country:
* Fifty three percent of Republicans think race "should be included in a passenger's security profile," while 45 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 39 percent of independents think race should be included, while 59 percent think it shouldn't.
* Only 31 percent of Dems think race should be included, while 68 percent think it shouldn't.
This is perhaps not a terribly surprising result. But it's certainly worth noting that with a variety of conservative media figures aggressively pushing racial profiling in recent days, the only people who agree with them are Republicans, while the rest of the country is strongly opposed.
