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In April 2011, the Pew Research Center published the results of a poll on the Civil War. This predates the infamous shootings in Charleston. It also predates Sesquicentennial events.
Before showing the poll numbers, keep this is mind:
US Race/Ethnicity (2015 ACS estimates)[8]
By race:[8]
White 73.1%
Black 12.7%
Asian 5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Multiracial 3.1%
Some other race 4.8%
Note also that in 2010, 55% of African Americans lived in the South, the rest were spread throughout the NE (17.1%), MW (18.1%), and West (9.8%). That is, African Americans are less than 1/5th of the non-South population.
OK, these are the poll numbers:
Two key findings:
• 58% of people have no view of the CBF. But more people have a negative view of the flag than positive by rates of 30% to 9%. This is skewed by the feelings of the black population to the flag.
• 49% of respondents said it was inappropriate for public officials to praise Confederate leaders, versus 36% of those who found it appropriate. This was not skewed by race.
The majority of respondents had no reaction to the flag, although (a) only a small minority of people see it positively and (b) the majority of blacks and Northerners don't want public officials to praise Confederate leaders, but white Southerners do.
- Alan
Before showing the poll numbers, keep this is mind:
US Race/Ethnicity (2015 ACS estimates)[8]
By race:[8]
White 73.1%
Black 12.7%
Asian 5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Multiracial 3.1%
Some other race 4.8%
Note also that in 2010, 55% of African Americans lived in the South, the rest were spread throughout the NE (17.1%), MW (18.1%), and West (9.8%). That is, African Americans are less than 1/5th of the non-South population.
OK, these are the poll numbers:
Two key findings:
• 58% of people have no view of the CBF. But more people have a negative view of the flag than positive by rates of 30% to 9%. This is skewed by the feelings of the black population to the flag.
• 49% of respondents said it was inappropriate for public officials to praise Confederate leaders, versus 36% of those who found it appropriate. This was not skewed by race.
The majority of respondents had no reaction to the flag, although (a) only a small minority of people see it positively and (b) the majority of blacks and Northerners don't want public officials to praise Confederate leaders, but white Southerners do.
- Alan
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