Former President Donald Trump recently posted the following on his Truth Social featuring hosts like Laura Ingraham with the caption, “So true!”
A new poll via Media Ite shows only Trump voters and Republicans are more likely to say racism against Whites is a problem than they are to say anti-Black racism is a problem.
Although President Joe Biden President Joe Biden defeated Trump in an electoral landslide that has been reaffirmed over and over by state officials from Trump’s own party, Trump won a majority of White voters, and a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll illustrates the contours of Trump’s support.
Yahoo’s Marquise Francis and Andrew Romano write that while a slim majority of all White respondents said anti-White racism is a problem, many more said it’s a problem for Black people:
“The survey of 1,638 U.S. adults, which was conducted from July 13-17, shows that among 2020 Trump voters, 62% say that racism against Black Americans is a problem today — while 73% say that racism against white Americans is a problem.
Asked how much of a problem racism currently is, just 19% of Trump voters describe racism against Black Americans as a “big problem.” Twice as many (37%) say racism against white Americans is a big problem.
Trump voters and self-identified Republicans — overlapping but not identical cohorts — are the only demographic groups identified by Yahoo News and YouGov who are more likely to say racism against white Americans is a problem than to say the same about racism against Black Americans. A majority (51%) of white Americans, for instance, think racism against people who look like them is a problem — but overall, far more white Americans (72%) say racism against Black Americans is a problem.
The poll also showed that 82 percent of Black respondents say racism against Black people is a problem, while only 27% believe racism against Whites is a problem.”
