Question 1. THE DENVER POST Poll: Support for Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest C In 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem before a football game against the Green Bay Packers, calling his actions a protest against racial oppression in the United States Kaepernick, who subsequently sat during the anthem throughout the NFL preseason, explained, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color." Kaepernick had been and continues to be outspoken on his Twitter account on civil rights issues and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Kaepernick, who is biracial, was both praised and vilified - by fellow football players, among fans, and on social media. Kaepernick's teammates supported his right to speak out, while one former teammate blasted him for a lack of respect for soldiers who had died protecting American freedom. Kaepernick is not the first American athlete In 2016, the Denver Post conducted an online poll on its website to to take such a stand. In 1996, Denver determine how people felt about Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for Nuggets player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf the national anthem. refused to stand for the anthem, saying the Do you support San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand U.S. has a history of tyranny and that for the national anthem, which he says is a protest against racial standing would conflict with his Islamic oppression? beliefs. O Yes No NO 72.7% (5,197 votes) YES 27.3% (1,952 votes) TOTAL VOTES: 7,149A little additional background: The Denver Post The Denver Post is a daily newspaper that has been published in Denver, Colorado, United States, since 1892. The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews bought The Denver Post from the Times Mirror Co. on Dec. 1, 1987. Times Mirror had bought the paper from the heirs of founder Frederick Gilmer Bonfils in 1980. As the major newspaper in Denver, as of March 2016 the Post ranked 12th daily and 10th Sunday of the largest-circulation newspapers in the United States. It had an average weekday circulation of 1.2 million and Sunday circulation of 840,179. The Post's website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 million page views, according to comScore. Colorado politics The governor in 2016 was John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and his predecessor, Bill Ritter also was a Democrat (though Ritter's predecessor, Bill Owens, was a Republican). The state's electoral votes went to Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992, Republican Bob Dole in 1996, Republican George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004, and Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Until the election of Barack Obama, the people of Colorado had voted Republican in every U.S. Presidential Election since 1964, with the exception of 1992 when a plurality voted for Bill Clinton, (possibly due to the effect of Ross Perot's candidacy.) In 2016, the people of the state of Colorado were represented in the federal government by one Republican and one Democratic senator and seven Congressional Representatives, four Republicans and three Democrats. Carefully consider the information provided above. Given the information, do your best to answer these questions about the Denver Post poll on Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the anthem