For Black History Month, a look at what Black Americans say is needed to overcome racial inequality
Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.
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Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
About half of Asian adults who have heard of affirmative action (53%) say it is a good thing, 19% say it is a bad thing, and 27% say they don’t know whether it is good or bad. However, about three-quarters of all Asian adults (76%) say race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
The Census Bureau estimates there were roughly 63.7 million Hispanics in the U.S. as of 2022, a new high. They made up 19% of the nation’s population.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached a record 60.6 million in 2019, up 930,000 over the previous year and up from 50.7 million in 2010.
U.S. Hispanics’ policy views do not always align with those of non-Latinos in the same party, recent surveys have found.
Most Latino registered voters (71%) say they want government to be more involved in solving the nation’s problems.
Majorities across demographic and political groups have neutral views about the changing racial makeup of the U.S. population.
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