Conservative Response Team has been campaigning for the protection of historical monuments by urging Texans to call the Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and demand that historical monuments not be destroyed by those who are trying to erase the nation’s culture.
Politics Elections received the following press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 29, 2019
Second Poll Confirms: Texans Oppose Monument Removal
By 57-25 Margin, Texans Want to Preserve State History
Dallas, Texas – Texans overwhelmingly oppose the removal of historical monuments, according to a new Gravis Marketing survey of more than 1,000 state residents.
By a 57 to 27 margin, Texans want Confederate monuments to stay. By even stronger margins — 66 to 22 — Texans wish to keep schools named after General Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders.
Christopher Ekstrom, the Conservative Response Team’s national chairman, welcomed the survey results: “Texans, including many Democrats, oppose removing Confederate monuments and renaming schools — actions that would be prohibited under legislation currently in the Texas House and Senate.”
The Gravis survey found that African-Americans do not unanimously support the removal of Confederate monuments. Just 55 percent of African-Americans favor monument removal, with 22 percent opposed. Only 53 percent of African-Americans support renaming schools, while 30 percent oppose that idea.
By strong margins, Hispanics favor historical preservation. A mere 35 percent of Hispanics support monument removal, with 51 percent opposed. 27 percent of Hispanics favor renaming schools, with 68 percent opposed.
Republicans solidly oppose monument removal (8 percent in favor, 84 percent against) while Democrats favor removal by just 44 to 36. Independents oppose removal (24 in favor, 40 opposed). All categories, however, oppose renaming schools: Democrats (42 in favor, 46 against); Independents (22 in favor, 54 against); and Republicans (6 in favor, 93 against).
In January, a survey conducted by Atlantic Research found very similar results.
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