Results: Politics: what's changed from the 60s until now?
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
1.
1.
Chatting with a friend this morning regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy on 11.22.1963. My memory recalls most of the teachers being in the lunchroom crying, then all students being released to go home early. We wondered if most of the teachers in the lunchroom would cry if something happened to Obama and what has changed regarding politics from the 60s to now. When thinking about something happening to Obama or Bush, would the reaction be the same as it was with Kennedy or not?
Different
38%
•
699 votes
The same
12%
•
229 votes
Not sure
29%
•
534 votes
N/A
20%
•
371 votes
2.
2.
If you said that the reactions would be different, why is that? The percentage of people who like Obama or Bush is not as much as those who liked JFK
26%
•
472 votes
Politics are very different than in the 60s
27%
•
490 votes
There was more respect for political figures
28%
•
522 votes
People are caught up in their own lives
14%
•
263 votes
N/A
41%
•
757 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
31 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.28% | 7 | |
| not sure | 0.08% | 2 |
| People have less respect for others now. | 0.04% | 1 |
| X | 0.04% | 1 |
| people are less easily shocked | 0.04% | 1 |
| there was more respect for life in general. | 0.04% | 1 |
| People are much more polarized, politically, and the internet has made us much more insensitive. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Depends on what age you were when JFK was assassinated | 0.04% | 1 |
| Prior to Nixon the American People had love and compasion for our presidents and representatives. JFK, Ike, Truman, FDR. They were honest men who cared about the American people, not the self serving, egomaniacs which are in politics today. | 0.04% | 1 |
| People are stupid jerks. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Obama is black; a lot of Americans would celebrate. | 0.04% | 1 |
| President Bush...I would have the same reaction I had with President Kennedy. Obama I'd have no reaction. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Anyone with a functioning brain understands that both Bush and Obama have been disasters as President. | 0.04% | 1 |
| we have sort of become immune to this sort of action | 0.04% | 1 |
| not sure what to think. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I was only two years old then | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would be upset cause he is a human being but I don't respect him | 0.04% | 1 |
| There's not as much hope and optimism with Obama | 0.04% | 1 |
| people are numb to it now | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'd feel that way for Obama not bush | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not a beloved figure | 0.04% | 1 |
| All the above! | 0.04% | 1 |
| Kennedy was especially beloved | 0.04% | 1 |
| Shorten your surveys. | 0.04% | 1 |
3.
3.
If you chose the 'politics are different option' please answer what is different: Being aware of politics in the 60s was a civic duty
11%
•
209 votes
There was more respect
27%
•
502 votes
People cared more
20%
•
362 votes
People believed they could actually make a difference (their vote, getting involved, etc)
24%
•
441 votes
The politicians were different
17%
•
315 votes
The 60s were closer to a more conservative time (the 1950s)
13%
•
231 votes
There were different things going on in the world
13%
•
240 votes
The effect from outside sources: people just getting tv, freedom, segregation, hippies, civil rights movement
10%
•
188 votes
N/A
51%
•
930 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
15 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.12% | 4 | |
| Kennedy was the same generation as the adults who won WW2 and there was a strong personal identification with him | 0.03% | 1 |
| Shorten your surveys. | 0.03% | 1 |
| people had faith in democratic institutions | 0.03% | 1 |
| It had been a long time since an attempt had been made on a president's life. We were totally unprepared. And although JFK may have been beloved to many, look at the conspiracy theorists who name all kinds of enemies who could have been behind the de | 0.03% | 1 |
| People and life was more civilized. | 0.03% | 1 |
| If he lived, JFK would have been impeached for having an affair with a Russian spy. | 0.03% | 1 |
| Obama has spent his time in office golfing, vacationing, pissing off our allies and striving to accomplish his goal of destroying this country. | 0.03% | 1 |
| All above | 0.03% | 1 |
| politicians were more relatable to the common man | 0.03% | 1 |
| Corruption | 0.03% | 1 |
| the pliticians actually care about the country and its people | 0.03% | 1 |
4.
4.
If it applies, were you a JFK fan? Yes
37%
•
680 votes
No
16%
•
293 votes
Not Applicable
47%
•
860 votes
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