National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted January 16-17, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* We’re just about finished…do you consider Martin Luther King Day to be one of our nation’s most important holidays, least important holidays or somewhere in between?

21% Most important

28% Least important

50% Somewhere in between

2% Not sure

3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Martin Luther King?

52% Very favorable

34% Somewhat favorable

6% Somewhat unfavorable

4% Very unfavorable

4% Not sure

4* Will you do anything special to celebrate Martin Luther King Day?

17% Yes

75% No

8% Not sure

5* Are most Americans racist?

25% Yes

55% No

19% Not sure

6* Are relations between white Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?

85% Yes
8% No
7% Not sure

7* These days, are relations between white and black Americans getting better or worse?

70% Better
10% Worse
16% Neither
4% Not sure

8* Within the past week, have you personally witnessed any racial discrimination?

20% Yes
75% No
5% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence