black discontent with government rises

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 10 07:29:01 PDT 2001


<http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010710.asp>

POLL ANALYSES July 10, 2001

With Advent of Bush Administration, Blacks Have Become More Negative About All Three Branches of Government Blacks give President Bush much lower ratings than do whites, are less satisfied overall, and rate Congress and the Supreme Court more negatively than they did last year

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- The data presented below highlight significant changes that have taken place in the relationship between whites' and blacks' ratings of several important institutions over the last year. Blacks were roughly equal with whites in their ratings of Congress and the Supreme Court last fall. Blacks are now significantly more negative about both institutions. Blacks and whites were at comparable levels last fall in terms of satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States. This year, black satisfaction is substantially lower. Finally, presidential job approval among blacks was much higher than among whites last year (while Clinton was in office), but is much lower this year (concomitant with the change to at Republican president).

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