Missouri Polling Results: Stem Cells and Archbishop Burke

Results of a Missouri Poll as published in the Post Dispatch a few days ago. I extracted a couple of the poll results on the Stem Cell issue and on Archbishop Burke for inclusion here...This poll demonstrates how generally ill informed people are regarding the moral and ethical problems with the killing and destruction of human life:

STEM CELL:

QUESTION: Missouri voters may face a ballot proposal this fall dealing with stem cell research. The proposal would allow all types of stem-cell research allowed under federal law, including an embryonic stem-cell procedure known as somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which uses an unfertilized human egg. Supporters say such research may be the only way to provide cures for diseases like diabetes, Parkinson's and cancer, and is not human cloning. Opponents say that embryonic stem cells have not yet provided cures, and that SCNT creates a cloned human embryo. Do you favor or oppose the ballot proposal?

	FAVOR	OPPOSE	NOT SURE
ALL	62%	35%	3%
MEN	64%	34%	2%
WOMEN	60%	36%	4%
DEMOCRATS	83%	16%	1%
REPUBLICANS	40%	58%	2%
INDEPENDENTS	64%	28%	8%
WHITE	59%	39%	2%
BLACK	83%	8%	9%
OTHER	83%	9%	8%
18-19	68%	31%	1%
30-44	55%	39%	6%
45-59	62%	35%	3%
60+	64%	34%	2%
ST. LOUIS CITY	84%	14%	2%
ST.LOUIS SUB	72%	26%	2%
KANSAS CITY	75%	23%	2%
NORETH/SE	44%	51%	4%
SOUTHWEST	44%	51%	5%

QUESTION: Do you approve or disapprove of Archbishop Raymond Burke's efforts to influence the political debate about embryonic stem cell research and abortion?

	APPROVE	DISAPPROVE	UNSURE
ALL	37%	56%	7%
MEN	36%	58%	6%
WOMEN	38%	54%	8%
DEMOCRATS	23%	71%	6%
REPUBLICANS	56%	38%	6%
INDEPENDENTS	30%	60%	10%