Nah, the Souther States are the black sheep of the US.

Wow, who are these people?

Anyways, this study shows why civil rights should not be decided by popular vote.

This is a sad country I live in.

A "why"response would be so much interesting.

In fairness I do believe that this poll is a bit misleading.  although most of us could honestly give a crap about interacial coupling, there are tons of folks out there, not just republicans that are racist.  A lot of minority groups including Spanish, Latinos, Italians, Indians etc. don't believe in mixing races, and in some cases it would get said person disowned by their family to a degree.  So it's not just whitey that looks bad in this whole situation, its down to the way that people of a like culture tend to stay in said culture.  

In Mississippi? You'd probably be surprised.

I think the real story here is that less than half of Mississippians think interracial marriage should be illegal.

Edit: This part is a little weird: "PPP describes itself as a nonpartisan polling firm, but it has been described in other media as a Democratic-leaning company." I thought they were pretty open about their links to the Democratic party. They're still a pretty good polling outfit and have been one of the more accurate ones out there regarding the past couple of election cycles. They do love to ask their little shit-stirring questions like this one, though.

Well... that goes without saying. California is more useless than Romania. 

Though those peasants in SC are pretty savage ._O(<---NC monocle, because we are the more civilized Carolina)

Not surprising, but latent racism hides all over the place, including where we're often told there is none (i know my usually-democratic county turned for McCain in 08, and there's a reason for that that's fairly widely known)

Wow is all I can say, I can't believe these numbers. However like most polls, they use different techniques to get the results they desire. Here are some of the poll questions.

Q14 Do you think interracial marriage should be
legal or illegal?
Legal............................................................... 40%
Illegal .............................................................. 46%
Not sure .......................................................... 14%

Q15 Would you describe yourself as very liberal,
somewhat liberal, moderate, somewhat
conservative, or very conservative?
Very liberal ...................................................... 4%
Somewhat liberal ............................................ 4%
Moderate......................................................... 17%
Somewhat conservative.................................. 36%
Very conservative ........................................... 40%

Q16 If you are a woman, press 1. If a man, press 2.
Woman ........................................................... 47%
Man................................................................. 53%

Q17 If you are 18 to 29 years old, press 1. If 30 to
45, press 2. If 46 to 65, press 3. If you are
older than 65, press 4.
18 to 29........................................................... 12%
30 to 45........................................................... 20%
46 to 65........................................................... 36%
Older than 65.................................................. 32%