June 22, 2020: Thirty-six percent (36%) of voters nationwide believe the United States is more racist today than it was a decade ago. A _JustTheNews.com_ survey found that 23% believe the country is less racist while 37% say little has changed.[1] ([link removed])
Perhaps not surprisingly, there is a wide racial divide on this question. Fifty-six percent (56%) of black voters believe the nation is more racist today. That view is shared by just 30% of white voters. In fact, among white voters, a plurality (39%) believes that little has changed.[1] ([link removed])
There is also a partisan divide. By a 47% to 10% margin, Democrats ([link removed]) believe racism has increased. By a narrower 36% to 27% margin, Republicans ([link removed]) take the opposite view. As for independents ([link removed]) , 31% believe things have gotten worse while 25% say better.[1] ([link removed])
There is also an interesting geographic divide. By a pretty wide margin, voters living in both urban and rural settings are more likely to say that racism increased rather than decreased over the past decade. Suburban voters see it differently. In suburbia, a plurality thinks little has changed.[1] ([link removed])
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