WASHINGTON:
Nearly a third of Americans could imagine a situation in which they
would support a military coup against their own government, according to
a new poll.
To a question `Is there any situation in which you could imagine yourself supporting the US military taking over the powers of federal government', 29% said 'yes'.
The survey by YouGov -that conducts internet polls about "politics, public affairs, products, brands and other topics of general interest", however, had 41% of 1,000 online respondents answering in the negative to the question -that they could not ever imagine supporting such an event. The survey showed that 43% of Republicans would support a military coup in certain instances, while only 20% of Democrats and 29% of independents would.
The overall numbers increased when participants were "asked whether they would hypothetically support the military stepping in to take control from a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution". Abraham Wyner, director of the undergraduate programme in statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, said that online polls were "worse than just about any other way you can put together a poll".
To a question `Is there any situation in which you could imagine yourself supporting the US military taking over the powers of federal government', 29% said 'yes'.
The survey by YouGov -that conducts internet polls about "politics, public affairs, products, brands and other topics of general interest", however, had 41% of 1,000 online respondents answering in the negative to the question -that they could not ever imagine supporting such an event. The survey showed that 43% of Republicans would support a military coup in certain instances, while only 20% of Democrats and 29% of independents would.
The overall numbers increased when participants were "asked whether they would hypothetically support the military stepping in to take control from a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution". Abraham Wyner, director of the undergraduate programme in statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, said that online polls were "worse than just about any other way you can put together a poll".
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