This survey found that, on a 17-point scale, a majority of white Republicans fell into the top four levels of racial resentment, and fully a quarter took the most extreme position.
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White Against Black
Whites were surveyed and placed on a 17-point scale that gauges the racial resentment they feel toward African-Americans. Here is the percentage of Democrats, independents and Republicans who fell into the least resentful (having a positive view of blacks) and most resentful ends of the scale.
24%
of white Republicans were at the extreme end of the resentment scale.
20%
Democrats
Independents
Republicans
15
10
5
LEVEL OF RESENTMENT:
Most
Most
Most
Least
Least
Least
22
42
58
23%
10%
0.4%
of Democrats
2 comments:
I read the NY times article, and it indicated that many respondents would offer much different opinions online(which was private) than they would admit to by phone. That is: there darkest and deepest resentments would surface it they did not have to identify themselves which is the condition of the ballet box
A very interesting article. While I hold no brief for either of the candidates (both of whom have an unfavorability rating on the far side of 50 percent--an American first), I understand the findings. I suspect that the New England, Pacific coast, and ivory tower elites are going to be surprised by what the American electorate really thinks. Still, I also suspect that party loyalty will reassert itself to some degree as November gets closer.
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