44 Percent Of White Americans Think Donald Trump Is Racist, New Poll Finds

[EricMaundry]

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Source: Newsweek

A fair number of white Americans think that President Donald Trump—who is, of course, white—is a racist, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University on Tuesday.

Forty-four percent of white respondents said yes they thought the president was a racist when they were asked by the pollster, "Do you think President Trump is racist, or don't you think so?" Fifty-two percent of white respondents thought the former reality-TV star wasn't racist. Seventy-nine percent of black respondents thought Trump is racist as did 58 percent of Hispanic respondents, according to Quinnipiac University.

Predictably, there was a divide along party lines when considering whether the leader of the free world is a racist. Eighty-six percent of Democrats said Trump was a racist while just 11 percent of Republicans said the same.

Overall, nearly half of all respondents—49 percent—said the president was a racist, according to Quinnipiac University. Forty-seven percent said he was not. Meanwhile, a majority—55 percent—said Trump has emboldened people who hold racist beliefs. Forty-four percent thought that Trump's hard-line immigration stances were a result of racist beliefs while 50 percent thought the president had genuine concern about the United States' borders.



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[Soxfan58]

1. How in hell

Do they not see it. I guess there were people walking around in nazi Germany saying, that hitler was not a anti semite

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Why this low?

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. Actually this is high

"Racist" is a term that makes many whites cringe when applied to people that they know. Only the literal white supremacists are not overly bothered by being identified with it, though even many of those won't own it. It would not have surprised me if that many whites called Trump "unfair", "rigid" or "overly harsh" in regards to race issues. Trump is a racist of course, I'm actually relieved that this high a percentage of whites is willing to literally call the President of the United States a racist.

[marble falls]

5. Unfortunately a lot of those who do mean it as a good thing.

[beachbum bob]

3. racists never see themselves as racist but as VICTIMS.....and one reason for the big disconnect

with republicans....

[DonViejo]

6. Locking...

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