Support to redistribute police department funding has decreased among Americans since August after a summer of protests had erupted across the country against racial injustice and police brutality, a recent Ipsos/USA TODAY poll found. … Only 18% of respondents supported the movement known as “defund the police” and 58% said […] Read more »
Stark divide on race, policing emerges since George Floyd’s death
Americans’ trust in the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen and their faith in local law enforcement has risen since protests demanding social justice swept the nation last year, according to an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. … On many issues, there is a chasm in the perspective between Black people […] Read more »
Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccination Among Black Women And Men
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on people of color, and previous KFF analysis of federal, state and local data has found that people of color, particularly Black people, are experiencing a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. This burden is reflected in survey data, as large […] Read more »
Racial Justice Concerns Persist Months After Floyd’s Death
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 — […] Read more »
Public Perspectives on Women’s Health Policy Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress
The Biden-Harris Administration and new Congress, with Democratic majorities in the House and (effectively) the Senate, are expected to place a higher priority on certain women’s health issues than the previous administration. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris prioritized many women’s health issues during their campaign, including reversing […] Read more »
Public Sees Black People, Women, Gays and Lesbians Gaining Influence in Biden Era
As Joe Biden navigates the first few weeks of his presidency, Americans have distinctly different views of which groups will gain influence – and which ones will lose influence – in Washington during his administration. … The Pew Research Center survey, conducted on the Center’s nationally representative American Trends Panel […] Read more »