Monday, January 18, 2010

NBC/WSJ poll: Attitudes on race

msnbc.com
Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:00 PM
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From NBC's Mark Murray

A year into the presidency of the nation's first African-American president, a majority of Americans (63%) say that race relations in this country have stayed the same, according to a new NBC/MSNBC/WSJ poll. Only 20% believe they've gotten better, and 15% believe they've gotten worse.
That's a change from our Jan. 2009 NBC/WSJ poll, when a plurality (45%) said Barack Obama's election improved race relations, when 39% said it didn't change things, and when 13% said it made race relations worse.
"Everything is back to where it was -- if you're white or African American or Hispanic," said Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. "The euphoria has disappeared."
The full NBC/WSJ poll will be released tomorrow night beginning at 6:30 pm ET. But these numbers on race are being unveiled now, pegged to today's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, as well as tonight's MSNBC special program "Obama's America -- 2010 and beyond," hosted by MSNBC's Chris Matthews. ..

On affirmative action, 49% believe that it is needed to counteract past discrimination against minorities, versus 43% who think affirmative action programs have gone too far. ...

Full story: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/18/2176748.aspx

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