Poll: Republicans, Democrats differ most on views of Cuba, Israel
Democrats rate Cuba, China, Egypt, and Mexico at least 20 points more favorably than do Republicans. This was not the case eight years ago, in February 2005, just after — as is the case this year — an incumbent president had begun his second term. (Complete 2005 partisan differences in country ratings are on Page 2.) At that time, the only one of these four countries that generated the same large partisan difference was Cuba, which Democrats back then also viewed more favorably than Republicans.
Republicans and Democrats in 2005 — unlike today — viewed China, Egypt, and Mexico similarly. Since 2005, Americans’ overall views of Egypt and Mexico have become less positive, but Republicans’ views have dropped more significantly than Democrats’, thus widening the partisan gap. Democrats’ views of China have not changed since 2005, while Republicans’ views have become more negative.
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I think what’s more interesting is that only 21% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the Palestinian Authority
blammm on March 21, 2013 at 3:47 PM
But don’t you dare refer to Donks as crypto-facist/commies.
antipc on March 21, 2013 at 3:57 PM
I really do not give a flip for our Cuban blockade, does that make me a liberal?
MelonCollie on March 21, 2013 at 5:03 PM
I think that most Democrats are led by the hand of the propagandists of the msm. With minds that fail to have any intellectual curisoty regarding what is really happening in the world, they live in a fantastical delusion. How stupid does a Democrat need to be to not even know that any Cuban that reaches US soil is protected from the Cuban government by law? Do they even wonder why there is such a policy?
They are Democrats and they are poorly, and incorrectly, informed.
Freddy on March 21, 2013 at 5:03 PM
The irony of your post is delicious and precisely the reason I visit Hotair. *applause*
Mmm...Burritos on March 21, 2013 at 5:24 PM
Edited for accuracy.
Your Party lost the college graduate vote in 2012, while wildly increasing your share of the high school dropout vote to 80% (a new American record) in order for Democrat O’bama to narrowly win re-election.
I can see why you are so proud.
*applause*
Del Dolemonte on March 21, 2013 at 5:29 PM
Registered independent. #youfail
Mmm...Burritos on March 21, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Translated: “I can’t refute Del’s Facts regarding who voted for which Party in 2012, so I will use my childhood Alinsky 1A on him!”
CNN and MSNBC exit polling showed that your Democrat incumbent got 82% of the high school dropout vote in Pennsylvania, 73% in Nevada, and 80% in California. Meantime, Mitt Romney won the college graduate vote.
#youfail
Del Dolemonte on March 21, 2013 at 5:47 PM
Why would I refute a fact? I said I’m not a Republican. Rather I was told colleges were liberal indoctrination factories but your fact has shaken my Hotairian opinion to the core. If only the angel Brietbart were here to restore my faith.
Mmm...Burritos on March 21, 2013 at 5:54 PM
No “Registered Independent” would ever mock and ridicule someone describing members of the Democrat Party as idiots. Case closed.
Del Dolemonte on March 21, 2013 at 7:00 PM