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WASHINGTON
A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
A Reuters/Ipsos online poll this month asked 2,809 Americans to rate how much of a threat a list of countries, organizations and individuals posed to the United States on a scale of 1 to 5, with one being no threat and 5 being an imminent threat.
The poll showed 34 percent of Republicans ranked Obama as an imminent threat, ahead of Putin (25 percent), who has been accused of aggression in the Ukraine, and Assad (23 percent). Western governments have alleged that Assad used chlorine gas and barrel bombs on his own citizens.
Given the level of polarization in American politics the results are not that surprising, said Barry Glassner, a sociologist and author of The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are afraid of the wrong things.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/republicans-see-obama-as-more-imminent-threat-than-putin
merrily
(45,251 posts)And there you have one of the many problems with polls of the general public.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)~Winston Churchill
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)The average Faux Newz viewer is nearly 70, white, and scared shitless 24/7.
They are pumped full of fear and these polls show that.
They're probably too far gone at this point.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)so ask around here if, say, President Cruz would be a greater threat than Putin...
Polls can get really silly sometimes.
elleng
(131,103 posts)And I say that carefully. Enough b.s. has passed, they've had enough time to recognize facts from fiction, and even given the 'ownership' of msm, and dumbing down of education, people SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE their BRAINS. Repugs DON'T, and 'top' repugs like mc connell take advantage of that.
rogerashton
(3,920 posts)Takket
(21,625 posts)I consider the GOP a greater threat to this country than any foreign entity. Not surprising they feel the same way about Obama (even if they are wrong).
Orsino
(37,428 posts)One of the president's chuckles influences people more than would a million lobbyist dollars.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Republicans hate Obama more than they love their country. If Putin invaded the U.S. many Republicans would help him. After all Vlad hates those godless homos too.