From police to parole, black and white Americans differ widely in their views of criminal justice system
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Attitudes vary considerably by race on issues including crime, policing, the death penalty, parole decisions and voting rights.
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Many South Africans are dissatisfied with the state of their democracy. Confidence in some civic institutions declined from 1990 to 2013.
More than half of U.S. eligible voters voted in 2018, the highest midterm turnout rate in recent history. Increased turnout was particularly pronounced among Hispanics and Asians.
Blacks have long outnumbered whites in U.S. prisons. But a significant decline in the number of black prisoners has narrowed the gap.
Many Indonesians are satisfied with the state of their democracy, and more describe the country’s current and future economic situation as good.
Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017.
Many Nigerians, Tunisians and Kenyans say they plan to leave their countries in the next five years. Some who plan to migrate say they have taken steps to do so, such as gathering information about a destination country and saving money.
No world region has reached gender parity in the share of legislative seats held by women. Only three nations individually have reached or surpassed parity.
More than a third of the states that allow executions haven’t carried one out in at least 10 years or, in some cases, much longer.