Sneak Peek - Race Relations - August 27-28, 2013
10% Think Race Relations Better Since Obama Elected
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% | |