Hispanic Americans’ approval of President Barack Obama’s job performance is up 12 points, to 64%, since he issued an executive order protecting some immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. Whites’ and blacks’ ratings of the president did not change meaningfully during this time. CONT. Justin McCarthy, […] Read more »
Police Distrust and Big Cities
The recent stories out of Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y., have highlighted the distrust that exists between African-Americans and the police, but a new data release from Gallup shows just how deep that distrust goes – and how African-Americans in big cities in particular lack confidence in police. CONT. […] Read more »
Have Democrats Failed the White Working Class?
Why don’t white working-class voters recognize where their economic interests lie? Somewhat self-righteously, Democrats keep asking themselves that question. A better question would be: What has the Democratic Party done for these voters lately? CONT. Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times Read more »
Sharp Racial Divisions in Reactions to Brown, Garner Decisions
The public has very different reactions to the recent grand jury decisions in two police-related deaths that have sparked protests in cities across the country. By 50% to 37%, Americans say a grand jury made the right decision not to charge former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the […] Read more »
Urban Blacks Have Little Confidence in Police
As controversy continues to swirl about police officers’ treatment of blacks, an analysis of Gallup data underscores how much less likely U.S. blacks are than whites or Hispanics to express confidence in the police. The analysis also reveals that blacks living in urban areas are significantly less likely than blacks […] Read more »
Video: Injustice in the Justice System?
A new NBC News/Marist Polling that shows that confidence in the legal system has decreased. Meet the Press Read more »