More than half a year after George Floyd’s death during a police encounter ignited nationwide protests and discussion around racial justice, Americans’ belief that race relations is the top problem facing the country remains higher than it was before those events.
The percentage of U.S. adults citing race-related matters — including race relations, racial justice and racial unrest — rose from 4% last May, before video footage of the May 25 incident went viral, to 19% in June. It stayed high, at 16%, in July but subsequently settled into the 10% range, where it remains in Gallup’s latest measure at the start of 2021. CONTINUED
Lydia Saad, Gallup