Pew Research Center Survey Reveals Registered Voters’ Opinions on Racial Diversity

Ahead of the upcoming 2024 presidential election, a new survey from Pew Research Center has reported on the opinions of registered voters regarding a number of cultural issues relevant to the United States. The survey includes data regarding both Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on racial diversity, the legacy of slavery’s effect on Black Americans, and the existence of racial disparities among Black and White Americans. According to the survey results, 80 percent of Democrat-leaning voters agree the legacy of slavery still affects the position of Black people in today’s society and that White people benefit from advantages Black Americans do not have. In comparison, only a quarter of Republican voters agreed with the same statements. Notably, the share of Democrat voters who believe White people have more advantages than Black Americans has steadily decreased by nearly 10 percentage points over the past four years. Similar disparities were seen among Black and White voters. Black voters were 50 percentage points more likely than White voters to agree White Americans benefit a great deal from advantages Black people do not have, at 66 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Roughly the same size gap was found among Black and White voters’ perception on...