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Are we looking at the same world?
A recent Public Policy Polling survey found that 32% of Republicans polled believe that the federal government is about to try to take over Texas via Jade Helm 15. This rises to 50% of self-identified Tea Party members, to 56% of those who say they would vote for Ted Cruz for president in the Republican primary, and to an astounding 76% of those who would vote for Rick Perry. Sample size was 685 Republican primary voters.
A bit of background; Jade Helm 15 is a two-month long military training exercise in the American southwest. Texas governor Greg Abbot fluffed up the conspiracy theories about this being a cover for a military coup directed at Texas a couple of weeks ago when he directed the Texas State Guard to monitor the exercise.
It should be noted that the percentage believing in an impending coup were similar between those identifying as very liberal (43% coup, 1% of responders) and very conservative (46%, 37% of responders); compare to those who identified as moderate (17% coup, 21% of responders).
Those identifying as Democratic were asked a different set of questions, not including the Texas one.
A bit of background; Jade Helm 15 is a two-month long military training exercise in the American southwest. Texas governor Greg Abbot fluffed up the conspiracy theories about this being a cover for a military coup directed at Texas a couple of weeks ago when he directed the Texas State Guard to monitor the exercise.
It should be noted that the percentage believing in an impending coup were similar between those identifying as very liberal (43% coup, 1% of responders) and very conservative (46%, 37% of responders); compare to those who identified as moderate (17% coup, 21% of responders).
Those identifying as Democratic were asked a different set of questions, not including the Texas one.
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Rather a pity they didn't ask that of everyone, though, ideally soliciting the reasoning (hee!) involved. I'd love to know why they believe something that doesn't even begin to pass the sniff test, to put it mildly.
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