Toplines: Discrimination
Survey of 800 Likely Voters
Conducted April 4-6, 2008
1* We’re just about finished… Are relations
between white Americans and black Americans better today than they were in the
1960s?
80% Yes
12% No
8% Not sure
2* These days, are relations between white and
black Americans getting better or worse?
61%
Better
16%
Worse
18%
Neither
5% Not
sure
3* Within the past week, have you shared a meal
with a person of a different racial background?
49%
Yes
46% No
5% Not sure
4* Within the past week, have you personally
witnessed any racial discrimination?
18%
Yes
77% No
5% Not sure
5* Is there more discrimination against
African-Americans or against women?
37% African Americans
27%
Women
35%
Not sure
NOTE: Margin
of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence