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Toplines - U.S. Legal System II - June 3-4, 2009

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted June 3-4, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* In the United States today, does our legal system generally provide unfair advantages to minorities, generally discriminate against minorities, or does it generally treat all Americans equally?

37% Provides unfair advantages to minorities

18% Generally discriminates against minorities

34% Generally treats all Americans equally

11% Not sure

2* Which should be a higher priority for America’s legal system - applying the law equally to all Americans or using the law to help those who have less power and influence?

83% Applying the law equally to all Americans

8% Using the law to help those who have less power and influence

9% Not sure

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