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A whopping sixty four % of Republicans say there will have to be public statues and memorials to Accomplice Common Robert E. Lee, greater than double everybody else.

Respondents to a new YouGov ballot have been requested “Do you imagine that every of the next historical figures must or will have to no longer have statues or memorials of them in public places?”

When asked about the disgraced general, most effective thirteen p.c of Republicans stated he “will have to now not” have statues or memorials in public places, versus an awesome 64 percent who said there should be memorials to Lee — greater than double the 30 % of the other respondents (Democrats: 22% Independents: 36%) who stated so.

A relatively smaller but still large majority of Republicans liked memorializing Jefferson Davis, the president of the Accomplice States of The united states. Best 14 % of Republicans said Davis “will have to no longer” have statues or memorials in public places, versus 57 percent who said there will have to be memorials to Davis — once more about double the proportion of other respondents (Democrats: 19% Independents: 31%) who said so.

Defending Confederate statues and monuments changed into a defining characteristic of former President Trump’s time in place of work, all over which he publicly, and explicitly defended Accomplice monuments, as well as the Confederate combat flag, and vehemently hostile the renaming of defense force bases named for Confederate figures.

At the moment, Trump additionally signed a series of government orders defending statues and monuments, orders which scrupulously avoided bringing up Accomplice monuments by means of name at the same time as he named them in his public statements.

Respondents to the identical poll have been asked about statures and memorials for different figures. Here are the partisan breakdowns for some of these questions:

Thomas Jefferson

Should — All respondents: 64% Democrats: 52% Independents: sixty one% Republicans: 81%

Will have to Now Not — thirteen% Democrats: 22% Independents: 11% Republicans: 7%

George Washington

Must — All respondents: 71% Democrats: 66% Independents: sixty six% Republicans: eighty four%

Will have to now not — All respondents: Democrats: 12% Independents: sixteen% Republicans: thirteen%

Elvis Presley

Should — All respondents: forty two% Democrats: 44% Independents: 38% Republicans: 45%

Should now not — All respondents: 31% Democrats: 33% Independents: 29% Republicans: 31%

Andrew Jackson

Should — All respondents: 45% Democrats: 27% Independents: 43% Republicans: 68%

Should not — All respondents: 24% Democrats: 41% Independents: 20% Republicans: 10%

Martin Luther King

Must — All respondents: seventy seven% Democrats: eighty one% Independents: sixty nine% Republicans: 83%

Must no longer — All respondents: 10% Democrats: 7% Independents: 14% Republicans: 7%

Abraham Lincoln

Must — All respondents: seventy seven% Democrats: seventy seven% Independents: seventy one% Republicans: 88%

Must now not — All respondents: 9% Democrats: 10% Independents: eleven% Republicans: 5%

Rosa Parks

Will have to — All respondents: sixty eight% Democrats: 79% Independents: sixty two% Republicans: sixty five%

Must no longer — All respondents: 13% Democrats: 9% Independents: 13% Republicans: sixteen%

Susan B. Anthony

Must — All respondents: 60% Democrats: sixty eight% Independents: 53% Republicans: 62%

Must not — All respondents: 12% Democrats: 10% Independents: 12% Republicans: 14%

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