Just before the July 5 and July 6 fatal shootings of black men during routine law enforcement encounters in Louisiana and Minnesota, blacks in the U.S. were evenly divided over the treatment of blacks by their local police. Half of blacks responded in a June 7-July 1 Gallup poll that […] Read more »
Rising racial tensions won’t help Donald Trump. Here’s why.
… White backlash against rising racial tensions and urban violence in the 1960s was considered a boon to the Republican Party in general and to Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign to restore law and order in particular. Trump echoed those earlier campaigns in calling for “law and order” after the […] Read more »
Public Opinion Context: Americans, Race and Police
The deaths of five police officers in Dallas, along with the recent deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota at the hands of police, highlighted — again — the importance of understanding attitudes of the American public, including blacks and whites, toward the police and criminal justice system. […] Read more »
Confidence in Police Recovers From Last Year’s Low
Americans’ confidence in the police has edged back up this year after dropping last year to its lowest point in 22 years. Currently, 56% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police, four percentage points higher than in 2015. Confidence is essentially back […] Read more »
Confidence in Institutions Stays Low
Americans’ confidence in the nation’s major institutions continues to lag below historical averages, with two institutions — newspapers and organized religion — dropping to record lows this year. The overall average of Americans expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in 14 institutions is below 33% for […] Read more »
Whites and Republicans Rank as Angriest Americans
Nearly half of Americans are angry, and no groups are angrier than whites and Republicans, according to a new NBC News/Survey Monkey/Esquire online poll about outrage in the country. CONT. Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Read more »