President Barack Obama’s love of country isn’t just a concern for Rudy Giuliani, according to a recent Huffington Post/YouGov poll.
A plurality of Americans surveyed — 47 percent — said that Obama loves America, but the rest say the president does not or that they’re not sure. The responses break down an expected partisan line, with only 11 percent of Republicans saying Obama loves America, and 85 percent of Democrats responding the same way. Independents are mostly split, with 42 percent say Obama loves the U.S., while 38 percent disagree and 20 percent are not sure.
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The president is less patriotic than most people in public life, 39 percent responded, compared to 12 percent who called him more patriotic and 33 percent who deemed him as patriotic as others.
Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, last week openly questioned whether the president “loves America” during a private dinner featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Giuliani has since clarified his remarks, writing in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that he “didn’t intend to question President Obama’s motives or the content of his heart.”
The poll surveyed 1,000 American adults online between Feb. 20-23, with an overall model-based margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.1 percentage points.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/obama-love-america-patriotic-poll-115485.html#ixzz3SlpDBmdd
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