The outcry after grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and Staten Island, New York, decided not to indict police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men has refocused Americans’ attention on the continuing, contentious issue of race relations in the U.S. Gallup has measured black and white Americans’ attitudes about […] Read more »
Stark racial differences on views of the police
A new CBS News poll finds stark racial differences on views of the police and the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. While four in five whites say their local police make them feel mostly safe, that drops to 52 percent among blacks. Forty-three percent of African Americans say […] 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 »