In March, I had a post on public opinion concerning busing in the 1970s. I didn’t expect that to become an issue in the presidential campaign, but in the wake of the exchange between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in last week’s debate people are talking about busing again (although I don’t think anyone’s proposed bringing it back). At first, the general view among people who commented on the exchange seemed to be that Biden had something to apologize for, but now some are making the point I made: that busing was unpopular with the public CONT.
David Weakliem, U. of Connecticut