Toplines - Gates Arrest - July 28-29, 2009
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely
Voters
Conducted July 28-29, 2009
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Are relations between white Americans and black
Americans better today than they were in the 1960s?
78% Yes
12% No
10% Not sure
2* These days, are relations
between white and black Americans getting better or worse?
62% Better
17% Worse
16% Neither
5% Not sure
3* How
closely have you followed news reports about the President’s comments
concerning the arrest of a black Harvard professor who charged police with racial
profiling?
49% Very closely
26% Somewhat closely
18% Not very closely
6% Not at all
1% Not sure
4* How do you rate the way the President has handled the situation over the
past week?
13%
Excellent
17% Good
18% Fair
44% Poor
8% Not sure
5* Has the situation involving
the white Cambridge police officer and the black Harvard professor created a
teachable moment for America?
44% Yes
34% No
22% Not sure
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence