As courts weigh affirmative action, grades and test scores seen as top factors in college admissions
More than nine-in-ten Americans (93%) say high school grades should be at least a minor factor in admissions decisions.
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More than nine-in-ten Americans (93%) say high school grades should be at least a minor factor in admissions decisions.
44% of the public says the Senate should definitely (24%) or probably (20%) confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
Majorities across demographic and political groups have neutral views about the changing racial makeup of the U.S. population.
Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.
124 lawmakers today identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American, a 97% increase over the 107th Congress of 2001-02.
Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.
Kamala Harris’ election represented an advance in the progress Black Americans have made in recent decades in political leadership.
The share of Black and Latino adults who say they feel angry about the state of the country is now sharply lower than in June.
Blacks have long outnumbered whites in U.S. prisons. But a significant decline in the number of black prisoners has narrowed the gap.
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