Poll: Trump supporters overwhelming think America was great in the '50's

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Poll reveals when America was great

Trump campaign theme put into context by supporters

(Editor's note: While the James Comey induced Hillary Clinton/Huma Abedin/Anthony Wiener email revelation is dominating the news, we felt the results of this important survey, originally scheduled for publishing yesterday, still needed to be made public.)

It is a well-known fact that Donald J. Trump’s main campaign theme is “Make America Great Again.” But, until now, there has been little understanding of when Trump supporters believe America was great.

A new poll conducted by the renowned polling organization, Polls ‘R Us, is providing the answer.

In a survey of Trump supporters fielded between October 17 and October 26 an overwhelming 67% of respondents mentioned the 1950’s, followed by 1860 at 12%, 1918 at 8% and 1945 at 5%:

Polls 'R Us - 10/17-26/2015
When Was America Great?
1950's	67%
1860	12%
1918	8%
1945	5%
America Is Still Great	2%
Other/Do Not Know	6%
+/- 2.5 points

In a departure from conventional surveys, Polls ‘R Us also asked respondents to say why they chose the answer they did. The following summarizes the most frequent responses:

1950’s: “We ran things the way they should be run.” “Didn’t have to worry about voting rights, equal opportunity.” “Black people knew their place and knew what would happen to them if they didn’t.” “Men worked and women stayed home to clean and serve.” “No Japanese cars and American cars were still made in America.” “Joe McCarthy exposed Commies.” "Black lists kept us safe from Commie and Jew ideas." “Clerks in stores spoke English.”

1860: “Still had God-given right to own slaves.” “States’ rights were real.” “Great year until rigged Lincoln election.” “Ended great when South Carolina seceded.”  

1918: “Won on the war.” “Women just stayed home and couldn’t vote.” “Last year before Prohibition took away my beer.”

1945: “Won the war.” “Exercised our God-given right to nuke our enemies.”

America Still Great: "401K is up 200% since Great Recession." 

Polls 'R Us spokesman Paul Polinberg was not surprised by the survey's findings. "Frankly, I'm not surprised by the results or the rationale for the results as I've actually met and spent time with many Trump supporters. This is an accurate reflection of what they think."