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Sneak Peek - Race Relations - August 27-28, 2013

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10% Think Race Relations Better Since Obama Elected

Full Demographic Breakdown

 
National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted August 27-28, 2013 By Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Investor Employment Education Member of Labor Union Gun Owner in Household Obama Approval Are race relations in this country better or worse today than they were 50 years ago? Impression of Martin Luther King, Jr. Race relations in the U.S. since the election of President Obama Do men and women of all races have equal opportunity in America? Has the federal government done too much or too little to promote equal opportunity in this country?
LV's Male Female 18-39 40-64 65+ White Black Other Republican Democrat Other Conservative Moderate Liberal Not sure Under $30K $30K-$50K $50K-$100K $100K-$200K $200K+ Not sure Yes No Not sure Gov't Entrepreneur Private co. Retired Other Attended high school, didn't graduate High school graduate Attended college, didn't complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Yes No Not sure Yes No Not sure Strongly approve Somewhat approve Somewhat disapprove Strongly disapprove Not sure Better Worse About the same Not sure Very favorable Somewhat favorable Somewhat unfavorable Very unfavorable Not sure Better Worse About the same Not sure Help the Republican party Hurt the Republican party Have no impact Not sure Too much Too little Level of gov't action about right Not sure
Are race relations in this country better or worse today than they were 50 years ago? Better 69% 65% 72% 71% 70% 62% 72% 52% 62% 63% 76% 66% 63% 70% 78% 43% 65% 69% 68% 80% 85% 36% 73% 64% 56% 69% 62% 73% 64% 75% 52% 60% 68% 74% 70% 47% 68% 69% 65% 71% 69% 52% 68% 81% 67% 63% 32% 100% 0% 0% 0% 77% 65% 57% 39% 35% 84% 57% 79% 27% 69% 70% 60% 0% 62% 61% 87% 61%
Worse 13% 16% 10% 10% 13% 16% 11% 14% 18% 19% 7% 12% 20% 8% 6% 17% 15% 12% 15% 8% 1% 17% 12% 14% 11% 9% 12% 10% 18% 12% 24% 13% 15% 10% 12% 10% 16% 12% 21% 15% 11% 10% 13% 3% 4% 20% 26% 0% 100% 0% 0% 9% 13% 23% 24% 24% 1% 24% 4% 15% 15% 12% 9% 0% 23% 13% 1% 0%
About the same 15% 14% 15% 16% 13% 17% 12% 30% 14% 12% 13% 18% 11% 21% 13% 18% 14% 15% 15% 11% 5% 32% 13% 15% 27% 22% 17% 14% 14% 9% 10% 18% 15% 13% 16% 10% 15% 15% 11% 10% 16% 33% 17% 12% 22% 13% 9% 0% 0% 100% 0% 12% 20% 13% 20% 12% 15% 15% 15% 5% 13% 14% 23% 0% 12% 20% 10% 21%
Not sure 4% 5% 4% 3% 5% 4% 4% 4% 6% 5% 4% 4% 6% 1% 4% 22% 7% 4% 2% 0% 9% 15% 3% 6% 7% 0% 8% 3% 5% 4% 13% 8% 2% 3% 2% 33% 0% 5% 3% 4% 4% 6% 2% 4% 7% 4% 34% 0% 0% 0% 100% 2% 2% 7% 17% 29% 0% 4% 2% 53% 3% 4% 8% 0% 3% 5% 2% 18%