5% of New Jersey Obama Voters Think He's the Anti-Christ
by Nick Gillespie
Public Policy Polling recently surveyed New Jersey voters and came away with some startling results:
We've been uncovering a remarkable level of anger toward Barack Obama in a lot of our recent polling so for New Jersey we decided to go a step further in determining how extreme some people's feelings are about the President and asked respondents if they think he is the Anti-Christ.
8% said yes. 13% aren't sure. Among Republicans 14% said yes and 15% weren't sure....
The extremism in New Jersey isn't limited to the right though. 19% of voters in the state, including 32% of Democrats, think that George W. Bush had prior knowledge of 9/11.
Beyond that 21% of respondents, including 33% of Republicans, express the belief that Obama was not born in the United States.
To my mind, the most interesting result was buried in the cross tabulations of the survey. It showed that 5 percent of people who voted for Obama believe he's the anti-christ (another 5 percent of Obama voters "weren't sure"; just 90 percent answered no, a remarkably low figure given the question); go to page 6 here for details.
It might be because I'm from New Jersey (the greatest state in the Union), but I think the sort of exercise above tells you more about the limits of public polls than the mentality of the Garden State. I know that if I had ever been given the chance to suggest that an elected politician was the anti-christ, especially in an automated phone poll, I'd have taken it.
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This is what happens when you have a country who rejects evidence, rationality, and reason. While this survey is funny and cute; it brings to light the deeper problem of people in this country just becoming stupid, uninformed, and indoctrinated by religion .
Basically, three types of people started this country:
Criminals - debtors mostly, but still the road to the new world was paved with old court decisions for many.
"Gold" seekers - people who wanted to get rich in some way other than being born that way or working for a living.
Puritans - people who were TOO religious for even the Inquisition/Reformation/Victorian Eras in Europe.
So, whatever our issues, it's a testament to our tenacity, and the quality of immigrants, that we have made it this far
I think this recent polarizing turmoil is just some weird mix of fringe vectors being catalyzed by our bipolar political machine and the intellectual dysentery that is popular media in the 21st century.
Closer to 40% here in Utah from the people I've talked to.
2012 is the end of the world so who knows it does kind of put him right in the running.
Every go out and max out a few credit cards .
Take out a big loan.
Hit up the confession booth a few times.
Rapture is coming. ;)
The Anti-Christ is alive and well and living in Miami.
Where can I get the t-shirt???
(I voted for Obama!)
New Jersey is atypical in just about every category and demographic. I don't mean that in a bad way, it's just that Jersey isn't a representative cross-section of our nation. In fact, it makes total sense that someone from Jersey who believes President Obama is the anti-christ would vote for him.
This is one of the funniest posts I have ever read on OV.
And it's funny 'cause it's true, even.