In the wake of the George Zimmerman case, U.S. views of race relations have taken a hit, and one-third of Americans say his acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin has shaken their confidence in the legal system, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey found […] Read more »
Zimmerman verdict poll: Stark reaction by race
The not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman has produced dramatically different reactions among blacks and whites, with African Americans overwhelmingly disapproving of the jury’s decision and a bare majority of whites saying they approve of the outcome, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. … The new […] Read more »
Gulf Grows in Black-White Views of U.S. Justice System Bias
While 68% of blacks say the American justice system is biased against blacks, 25% of whites agree. Blacks’ attitudes about the justice system have remained virtually constant over the past 20 years, but whites have become less likely to perceive bias. [cont.] Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
The Uncanny Similarity Between the Zimmerman and 2012 Exit Polls
The first wave of polls on the Zimmerman verdict are in and the results look familiar. Pew Research asked adults whether they were “satisfied” or “dissatisfied” with the Zimmerman verdict and the results were strikingly similar to the last presidential election. Compare today’s poll on the Zimmerman verdict with Pew’s […] Read more »
Vast Racial Gap on Trayvon Martin Case Marks a Challenging Conversation
An overwhelming racial gap divides public attitudes on the Trayvon Martin case and the fairness of the criminal justice system overall, marking the difficulties in the national conversation on race that Barack Obama sought last week to encourage. By a vast 86-9 percent, African-Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post […] Read more »
Big Racial Divide over Zimmerman Verdict
The public is divided over the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial and over the conversation about race that has surrounded it. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted July 17-21 among 1,480 adults nationwide finds roughly as many satisfied with the verdict in the […] Read more »