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Two-thirds of Republicans are still mourning the death of the 1950s [1]

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Date: 2022-10-27

July 27, 1963: The NAACP picketed the St. Louis Board of Education after the board issued a modified enrollment plan, which the NAACP said did not go far enough in integrating the schools.

Imagine waking up every morning and thinking, "If only it were 1952, things would be swell."

Welcome to the world view of some two-thirds of Republicans. A new poll released Thursday added a twist to the right track/wrong track question, asking respondents whether they agreed with a clarifying follow-up: "Since the 1950's, American culture and way of life has mostly changed for the worse."

Two-thirds of Republicans agreed with that statement, while 50% of independents did, and 30% of Democrats did. The only other group that was more nostalgic about the '50s than Republicans was white evangelicals, 71% of whom longed for a return to last century.

“This 1950s question has been a key predictor of support for Trump/Republicans over the years,” tweeted Natalie Jackson, research director of PRRI.

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