NBC News poll: The South, once a conservative bastion, is changing
Source: NBC News
A new NBC News | SurveyMonkey poll shows the South's political views are more nuanced than many might expect, with Trump underwater.
by Alex Seitz-Wald / Apr.12.2018 / 2:39 AM ET / Updated 9:04 AM ET
WASHINGTON — The South is often viewed as a conservative monolith, but the region's political views are more nuanced — and moderate — than many might expect, according to new NBC News |SurveyMonkey polls.
The region's solid support for Donald Trump helped put him in the White House, but Southerners have cooled a bit on the president, with less than half saying they approve, 48 percent, and 51 percent disapproving.
Still, that's better than Trump's approval ratings nationwide, which stood at just 43 percent in the poll. And he remains popular in several of the Deep South states the polls examined in depth, with his strongest ratings coming from Mississippi, where 57 percent approve. NBC News conducted the extensive surveys of the South in order to capture residents' attitudes in the fast-changing region of the country.
Overall, the polls found voters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia to be optimistic about the economy, amenable to immigration, approving of same-sex marriage and open to paying higher taxes to fund education and infrastructure.
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