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Tue May 2, 2017, 09:22 AM May 2017

Trump's Jackson comment in context / 20% of Trump Fans Think Freeing the Slaves Was a Bad Idea [View all]

http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/

Donald Trump appears to have high levels of support among the nation's intolerant population, according to a New York Times deep dive into polling data.

The Times found that nearly 20% of Trump supporters did not approve of freeing the slaves, according to a January YouGov/Economist poll that asked respondents if they supported or disapproved of "the executive order that freed all slaves in the states that were in rebellion against the federal government"—Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
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