AP, Washington :
Republican attitudes toward African-Americans hardened significantly in 2016, according to an authoritative new study.
Only 32 percent of Republican voters in 2016 said they believe that African-Americans face “a lot of discrimination.” That was a significant drop from just a year earlier, when the Public Religion Research Institute asked the same question. In that survey, 46 percent of Republicans responded that blacks experience significant discrimination.
In fact, more than half of Republicans told PRRI in 2016 that “discrimination against whites has become as big a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minorities.” Among Democrats, 69 percent disagreed with this statement, and 59 percent of Independents disagreed.
The 2016 study surveyed 40,509 people by phone in the second half of the year, starting in mid-May, just after Trump had effectively clinched the nomination.
About three-quarters of Republican voters are white Americans who identify as Christian, said PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones.
Republican attitudes toward African-Americans hardened significantly in 2016, according to an authoritative new study.
Only 32 percent of Republican voters in 2016 said they believe that African-Americans face “a lot of discrimination.” That was a significant drop from just a year earlier, when the Public Religion Research Institute asked the same question. In that survey, 46 percent of Republicans responded that blacks experience significant discrimination.
In fact, more than half of Republicans told PRRI in 2016 that “discrimination against whites has become as big a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minorities.” Among Democrats, 69 percent disagreed with this statement, and 59 percent of Independents disagreed.
The 2016 study surveyed 40,509 people by phone in the second half of the year, starting in mid-May, just after Trump had effectively clinched the nomination.
About three-quarters of Republican voters are white Americans who identify as Christian, said PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones.
