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muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts) Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:35 PM Sep 2012

Voters more likely to back an anti-Muslim party than reject it – poll

Ugh.

The survey, conducted by YouGov with 1,750 respondents, found that 41% of people would be more likely to vote for a party that promised to stop all immigration, compared with 28% who said they would be less likely to support a group that promoted such policies.

In addition, 37% admitted that they would be more likely to support a political party that promised to reduce the number of Muslims in Britain and the presence of Islam in society, compared with 23% who said it would make them less likely.
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The UK poll results suggest, however, that Britain may struggle to host far-right groups capable of such popularity, revealing a striking generational divide in attitudes towards multiculturalism. It found that large majorities of 18-to -24-year-olds rejected radical rightwing policies, with 60% saying that a party campaigning to halt all immigration would make them less likely to support it or that it did not matter to them.

Less than a quarter of 18-to-24-year-olds said they would be more likely to vote for a party that promised to halt all immigration, compared with more than half of those aged above 60. Similarly, 27% of the younger age group said they would vote for a party that campaigned to reduce the number of Muslims, compared with 49% of those aged over 60.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/16/voters-support-anti-immigrant-party

So the good news is that at least the anti-Muslim feeling is decreasing.

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Voters more likely to back an anti-Muslim party than reject it – poll (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 OP

I am not surprised by this poll. hrmjustin Sep 2012 #1

People need to realize that they are just like the rest of us. hrmjustin Sep 2012 #2

I think that might be geographical dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #3

I lived in the South-East for a number of years.... T_i_B Sep 2012 #4

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. I am not surprised by this poll.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:11 PM

Sep 2012

People who are not exposed to Muslims on a daily basis like we are here in NYC are more likely not to trust them. This past week does not help.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. People need to realize that they are just like the rest of us.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:14 PM

Sep 2012

Most try to fit in as best they can. I lost 5 people in tower 1, and one was Muslim. Bigotry sucks!!!

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

3. I think that might be geographical

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:35 AM

Sep 2012

Might just be me but bearing in mind I'm NW London'ish , so treat as south east, I don't know anyone at all who's anti-Muslim or any other group come to that. That could be because nearly all of my friends are dancers and as such we're just happy to dance with each other/whoever. Only time I came close to putting my foot in it was when I thought one of the girls was from Sri Lanka and said I hoped her family hadn't been affected by the tsunami. She gave me a funny look and said Israel hasn't had a tsunami in living memory.

There's a difference between all immigration and some form of sensible control.

T_i_B

(14,737 posts)

4. I lived in the South-East for a number of years....

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 07:06 AM

Sep 2012

....and my experience is very different. I found anti-immigrant and anti-muslim feeling very prevalent indeed. It was also noticeable that it was most prevalent in the most lillywhite areas where people didn't mix with anyone other then white english that this sort of prejudice was most prevalent.

I always found it quite sad that so many people are happy to define their politics by which groups in society they dislike the most but then I suppose that's why I got turned right off by conservatism in the first place.

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