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struggle4progress

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2. More than two-to-one, Alaskans oppose reverting Denali to McKinley

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Wed Jan 22, 2025, 11:56 PM

Jan 2025

by Mark Sabbatini
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 4:05pm

Alaskans oppose reverting the name of Denali to Mount McKinley by more than a two-to-one margin, according to a survey of residents conducted several days before President Donald Trump announced he would make the change ...

The survey of 1,816 adult residents in Alaska found 54% opposed changing the name of the highest mountain in the U.S., 26% supported it and 20% had no opinion, said Ivan Moore, owner of Alaska Survey Research. The question was part of a broader poll about general issues conducted between Jan. 11 and 13, and has a margin of error of 2.3% ...

https://www.juneauempire.com/news/poll-alaskans-oppose-reverting-denali-back-to-mt-mckinley-by-more-than-two-to-one/

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McKinley had no connection to Alaska or Denali. So what is the story? [View all] struggle4progress Jan 2025 OP

Trump's laying the groundwork to have the mountain named after him. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #1

Mt Lyin Cheatin Thievin Scumbag? struggle4progress Jan 2025 #5

You forgot rapist. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #6

Life is so short and there are so many applicable labels struggle4progress Jan 2025 #12

True, you could spend an entire day writing up a list of Trump's crimes. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #13

He has to die first Captain Zero Jan 2025 #20

More than two-to-one, Alaskans oppose reverting Denali to McKinley struggle4progress Jan 2025 #2

I don't know..... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #3

Native leaders call to preserve Denali name struggle4progress Jan 2025 #4

Alaska politicians question proposal to rename Denali struggle4progress Jan 2025 #7

Why rename cherished peak? struggle4progress Jan 2025 #8

Maybe Scump should learn how things turned out for McKinley. Hassler Jan 2025 #9

It was officially named a few years after McKinley was assassinated -- eppur_se_muova Jan 2025 #10

Even though Alaskans had been trying to change it from McKinley back to Denali KitFox Jan 2025 #11

I suggest a "compromise"--Mt. Gleason valleyrogue Jan 2025 #14

Racism malaise Jan 2025 #15

I'm pretty sure people in Alaska call it Denali regardless. Dulcinea Jan 2025 #16

Gross. ShazzieB Jan 2025 #17

McKinley was an old, wealthy, white guy. Paladin Jan 2025 #18

Obama made the name official. valleyrogue Jan 2025 #19

It probably would not have been named "McKinley" if he wasn't assassinated. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #21