Trust in America: Do Americans trust the police?
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
Kamala Harris’ election represented an advance in the progress Black Americans have made in recent decades in political leadership.
In April, 78% of Americans overall – but 56% of black Americans – said they had confidence in police officers to act in the public’s best interests.
More than one-third of Black eligible voters in the U.S. live in nine of the nation’s most competitive states.
Americans are much less likely to say there is discrimination against White people: 40% say White people face at least some discrimination.
White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.
There were 1,501 black prisoners for every 100,000 black adults in 2018, down sharply from 2,261 black inmates per 100,000 black adults in 2006.
In a growing number of U.S. counties, a majority of residents are Hispanic or black, reflecting the nation’s changing demographics.
44% of the public says the Senate should definitely (24%) or probably (20%) confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Black and Hispanic adults are more likely than whites to say they feel a need to change the way they talk around people of other races and ethnicities.
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