In 2020, America’s three biggest problems — according to Americans — were the coronavirus pandemic, poor political leadership and race relations. Voters expressed their preferences on the first two by throwing President Trump out of the White House.
The election provided little insight on racial issues, however: There is no way to look at Trump’s or Joe Biden’s vote totals and determine what the public wants on criminal justice, police reform or the many other policy areas where race matters.
But we can take some cues from California, where voters were asked to make judgments about a number of questions that touched on race. Their votes yielded a mixed bag of outcomes. CONTINUED
David Byler, Washington Post