Tom Scocca rounds up polling about the Cordoba center, and he rounds up how different demographics feel about it. Interesting to me: a) the biggest supporters are Manhattanites (you know, the people who will actually be affected), b) a majority of people under 45 support it, and c) a majority of men support it.
Go Ahead, Build It Already
+23 NYC Borough – Manhattan (55 percent for – 32 percent against)
We Guess It’s Probably OK
+4 Political Ideology – Liberal (44 – 40)
+3 Age – Under 45 (44 – 41)
+1 Gender – Men (43 – 42)We’d Guess We’d Rather You Didn’t Build It
-2 Education – College graduate (42 – 44)
-7 Race – African American (39 – 46)
-7 Religion – Protestant (38 – 45)
-8 Household Income – $50,000 or More (39 – 47)Please Consider Not Building It
-10 Party Registration – Democrat (37 – 47)
-10 Party Registration – Non-enrolled (37 – 47)
-13 Race – Latino (32 – 45)-16 Registered Voters (34 – 50)
Don’t Build It
-23 White Catholic status – Not White Catholic (29 – 52)
-23 NYC Borough – Queens and Staten Island (33 – 56)
-24 Political Ideology – Moderate (33 – 57)
-24 Household Income – Less than $50,000 (30 – 54)
-28 NYC Borough – Brooklyn (28 – 56)Don’t Even Think About Building It
-30 NYC Borough – Bronx (19 – 49)
-31 Gender – Women (26 – 57)
-31 Age – 45 or older (27 – 58)
-31 Education – Not college graduate (26 – 57)
-33 Political Ideology – Conservative (24 – 57)
-35 Religion – Catholic (24 – 59)
-38 Race – White (25 – 63)How Dare You Even Suggest Building It?
-48 Religion – Jewish (19 – 67)
-48 Party Registration – Republican (20 – 68)Nobody Hates This Project More Than We Do
-58 White Catholic status – White Catholics (19 – 77)
My name is Jeff, and I write this blog. I work as an interface designer in Denver, CO. I am also an amateur musician and an atheist.
