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31% Of Donald Trump Supporters Want To Ban Gay People From The United States

31% Of Donald Trump Supporters Would Ban Gay People From America
Ned Simons
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On Saturday, Republican voters in will cast their votes in the South Carolina primary. A poll published on Tuesday showed Donald Trump with a commanding lead, with support of 35% of the state's Republicans compared to just 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

The Public Policy Polling survey also dives into South Carolina Trump supporters' views on Muslims, gay people and the outcome of the United States Civil War.

Here are six statistics that may, or may not, surprise you.

Donald Trump's South Carolina Supporters
70% think the Confederate flag should still be flying over the State Capitol(01 of06)
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Only 20% of Trump supporters in South Carolina support the Confederate flag being removed from the State Capitol. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
38% of Trump voters say they wish the South had won the Civil War(02 of06)
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Only 24% of Trump supporters in the state are glad the North won the Civil War, while 38% are not sure who they would like to have won. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
31% support a ban on gay people entering the United States(03 of06)
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No more than 17% of supporters of the other candidates agree with the idea of banning gay people from America. (credit:Alex Wong via Getty Images)
Only 44% of Trump voters think Islam should be legal in the United States(04 of06)
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Of his supporters, 33% of them think practicing Islam should be illegal in the United States. (credit:Alex Wong via Getty Images)
40% back shutting down all the mosques in the United States(05 of06)
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While 36% think mosques should be legal. (credit:The Washington Post via Getty Images)
62% of Trump voters are in favour of a national database of Muslims(06 of06)
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Just 23% are opposed to the idea. (credit:Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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