Recent Attention to the Treatment of Black People by Police (October 2020)

Recent Attention to the Treatment of Black People by Police (October 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?"
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Will improve race relations23%
Will make race relations worse31%
Will not really change race relations31%
Don't know/No opinion15%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Will improve race relations34%17%14%
Will make race relations worse16%37%42%
Will not really change race relations34%25%31%
Don't know/No opinion16%21%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Will improve race relations38%20%37%
Will make race relations worse17%26%12%
Will not really change race relations31%38%34%
Don't know/No opinion14%16%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Will improve race relations12%11%17%
Will make race relations worse52%42%36%
Will not really change race relations24%36%33%
Don't know/No opinion12%12%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Will improve race relations36%23%14%
Will make race relations worse19%29%40%
Will not really change race relations31%29%32%
Don't know/No opinion14%19%14%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Will improve race relations41%35%34%
Will make race relations worse22%15%21%
Will not really change race relations29%32%33%
Don't know/No opinion9%19%13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Will improve race relations14%11%16%
Will make race relations worse47%37%40%
Will not really change race relations33%38%27%
Don't know/No opinion6%14%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Will improve race relations22%29%22%
Will make race relations worse36%19%26%
Will not really change race relations29%35%33%
Don't know/No opinion13%17%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Will improve race relations22%24%
Will make race relations worse35%27%
Will not really change race relations31%31%
Don't know/No opinion13%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Will improve race relations27%24%13%
Will make race relations worse29%30%37%
Will not really change race relations28%33%31%
Don't know/No opinion17%13%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Will improve race relations29%23%22%19%
Will make race relations worse26%35%28%37%
Will not really change race relations27%26%36%32%
Don't know/No opinion18%17%14%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Will improve race relations10%17%20%24%27%34%
Will make race relations worse35%28%34%37%27%33%
Will not really change race relations31%33%31%31%34%23%
Don't know/No opinion24%22%16%9%12%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Will improve race relations20%28%21%25%
Will make race relations worse34%28%30%26%
Will not really change race relations30%29%42%32%
Don't know/No opinion16%16%7%17%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you think the recent attention paid to the treatment of black people by police will help improve race relations in the United States, make them worse, or won't really change them?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Will improve race relations18%25%30%10%
Will make race relations worse37%33%20%30%
Will not really change race relations29%30%35%34%
Don't know/No opinion16%12%14%25%

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