Percentage point difference between all adults saying race relations are “generally good” and those saying “generally bad”
Generally good
Death of
Michael
Brown
Apr. 2009
+44
June 2000
+27
Aug.
2014
May
1990
+3
0
-9%
-4
Generally bad
May
2016
Death of
Freddie Gray
-27
May 1992
May
2015
-43
Los Angeles riots
Obama
presidency
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb. 29-May 8, 2016. Trend data from CBS News and New York Times surveys.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Percentage point difference between all adults saying race relations are “generally good” and those saying “generally bad”
Apr. 2009
Death of
Michael Brown
+44
June 2000
Generally good
+27
Aug.
2014
+16
+3
July 2008
0
-4
Los Angeles riots
May
2016
-9%
-14
Death of
Freddie Gray
May
1990
June 1997
Generally bad
-27
May
2015
-43
May 1992
Obama presidency
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb. 29-May 8, 2016. Trend data from CBS Newsand New York Times surveys.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Percentage point difference between all adults saying race relations are “generally good” and those saying “generally bad”
Apr. 2009
+44
Death of
Michael Brown
June 2000
+27
Generally good
Aug. 2014
16
+3
July 2008
0
-4
Los Angeles riots
May 2016
-9%
-14
Death of
Freddie Gray
May 1990
June 1997
-27
May 2015
Generally bad
-43
May 1992
Obama presidency
Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Feb. 29-May 8, 2016. Trend data from CBS News and New York Times surveys.
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
