We asked over 3,000 Americans about the impact of European settlers (Part 1), racial minorities' ability to succeed in the U.S. (Part 2), and whether it's shameful to be white (Part 3).
Here are our results for Part 1 🧵
How much do you agree: "Prior to the arrival of the European settlers, Native American/ Indigenous tribes lived in peace and harmony."
Results by race.
About 75% of black respondents agreed to some extent compared to around 45% of white respondents.
How much do you agree: "Prior to the arrival of the European settlers, Native American/ Indigenous tribes lived in peace and harmony."
Agreement by educational attainment.
About 50% or more of every educational group agreed to some extent.
How much do you agree: "Prior to the arrival of the European settlers, Native American/ Indigenous tribes lived in peace and harmony."
Agreement by generational cohort.
Around 70% of Zoomers agreed to some extent compared to about 40% of Boomers.
How much do you agree: "Prior to the arrival of the European settlers, Native American/ Indigenous tribes lived in peace and harmony."
Agreement by political orientation.
"Very liberal" respondents agreed the most with over 70% agreeing with the statement to some extent.
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We asked over 3,000 Americans about the impact of European settlers (Part 1), racial minorities' ability to succeed in the U.S. (Part 2), and whether it's shameful to be white (Part 3).
Here are our results for Part 2 🧵
How much do you agree: "Racial minorities in the U.S. have no hope for success because of racism."
Agreement by race.
Black respondents were more than twice as likely as white respondents to agree with the statement to some extent.
How much do you agree: "Racial minorities in the U.S. have no hope for success because of racism."
Agreement by educational attainment.
About a third of college graduate level respondents agreed to some extent compared to around half of high school level respondents.
"Which political group do you think is most different/opposed to your own political views?"
We limited the sample to Republicans and Democrats who selected either the Republican or Democratic parties (N=474).
Political Intolerance
We asked people how irritated they'd be if a member of the political party they most opposed was dating a member of their family, their neighbor, co-worker, or local elected official.
We then averaged their answers to get an overall tolerance score.
Most Democrats and Republicans said fighting Covid was more important than protesting against racism.
About 15% of Democrats said protesting racism was more important.
Covid vs Economy.
People largely agreed with 80% of Democrats and over 60% of Republicans saying that fighting Covid was more important than reducing the unemployment rate.