Trump Supporters More Likely to View Blacks Negatively

[Professor Emeritus]

We already knew this, but still:

The poll, conducted between March and June, interviewed 16,000 Americans and included 21 questions on attitudes about race. It sought responses from voters who support Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and her rival U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. It also surveyed supporters of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, the last two Republican candidates to drop out of the race.

Nearly half of Trump's supporters described African Americans as more "violent" than whites. The same proportion described African Americans as more "criminal" than whites, while 40 percent described them as more "lazy" than whites.

In smaller, but still significant, numbers, Clinton backers also viewed blacks more critically than whites with regard to certain personality traits. Nearly one-third of Clinton supporters described blacks as more "violent" and "criminal" than whites, and one-quarter described them as more "lazy" than whites.

Clinton is relying heavily on black voters to help her win the White House, and her victory over Sanders in the early state nominating contests was due in part to her overwhelming lead among African Americans.

When asked about where they wanted to live, 36 percent of Trump supporters said, "I prefer to live in a community with people who come from diverse cultures," compared with 46 percent of Cruz supporters, 55 percent of Kasich supporters and 70 percent of Clinton supporters.

Trump's supporters were more likely to be critical of affirmative action policies that favor minorities in school admissions or in hiring.

Some 31 percent of Trump supporters said they "strongly agree" that "social policies, such as affirmative action, discriminate unfairly against white people," compared with 21 percent of Cruz supporters, 17 percent of Kasich supporters and 16 percent of Clinton supporters.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll asked people to grade whites and blacks on a series of personal traits. The results were then analyzed to compare how each respondent rated whites with how they rated blacks.

In nearly every case, Trump supporters were more likely to rate whites higher than blacks when their responses were compared with responses from Clinton supporters.

For example, 32 percent of Trump supporters placed whites closer to the top level of "intelligence" than they did blacks, compared with 22 percent of Clinton supporters who did the same.

About 40 percent of Trump supporters placed whites higher on the "hardworking" scale than blacks, while 25 percent of Clinton supporters did the same. And 44 percent of Trump supporters placed whites as more "well mannered" than blacks, compared with 30 percent of Clinton supporters.

People become more like the people they admire. Openly campaigning for Trump means pushing more people into Trump's categories.

This guy has already shown where a lot of them want this to lead.

 

[mc_brew]

this is only a selling point to trump supporters, especially to black trump supporters....

 

[JahFocus CS]

Clinton supporters looking like Trump supporters-lite

 

[tmonster]

 

[ⒶⓁⒾⒶⓈ]

This is really the problem with a two party system..the racists have to choose a side and theyll generally choose the side they feel less persecuted by and offers more freedom.

The KKK were southern democrats up until the 60s..till Barry Goldwater ( who Hillary enthusiastically supported back then) brought them over to the republicans

Arguably the Democrats have harbored and nurtured racists for way longer...reconstruction to the 1960s thats almost 100 YEARS

 

[the cac mamba]

this is just republicans for about 60 years doesnt matter whos in office

 

[Jhoon]

This is really the problem with a two party system..the racists have to choose a side and theyll generally choose the side they feel less persecuted by and offers more freedom.

The KKK were southern democrats up until the 60s..till Barry Goldwater ( who Hillary enthusiastically supported back then) brought them over to the republicans

Arguably the Democrats have harbored and nurtured racists for way longer...reconstruction to the 1960s thats almost 100 YEARS

They had to harbor the racists. That's how this democracy works. It's no different than today.

The rules of economics don't change.