A third of Americans say President Obama has been paying too much attention to banks and financial institutions – more than say so about any other group tested.

Seven-in-ten whites and six-in-ten blacks say that the values held by blacks and whites have become more similar in the past 10 years.

Overall, about a quarter of Americans see President Obama as black; a majority see him as of mixed race.

Asked to state what race they are (black; white; Asian; some other race) and told they could choose as many categories as they wished, just 1% of Americans identified with more than one category.

A plurality of the public believes that gays and lesbians face “a lot” of bias — roughly double the proportions that see widespread discrimination against blacks or Hispanics.

A majority of blacks now say that blacks who cannot get ahead in this country are mainly responsible for their own situation.