Race Relations Poll in Partnership with UVA Center for Politics, via Reuters/Ipsos

Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the 1 year anniversary of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Reuters/Ipsos, in partnership with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, conducted a poll to better understand American views on race relations. 

The poll finds that a majority of Americans (57%) believe that race relations in America have worsened during President Trump's tenure, while just 15% believe it has improved. Looking back at President Obama's time in office, American perceptions are split, with 38% believing that race relations became better under Obama, compared to 37% who said they became worse. 

For full findings please see the topline available for download.

About this Study

These are findings from an Ipsos poll conducted between August 2-6, 2018 for Thomson Reuters and the University of Virginia Center for Politics. For the survey, a sample of 1,450 Americans, including  586 Democrats, 561 Republicans, and 187 Independents ages 18+ were interviewed online. The precision of the Reuters/Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 2.9  percentage points for all adults,  4.6 percentage points for Democrats, 4.7 percentage points for Republicans, and 8.2 percentage points for Independents. For more information about credibility intervals, please see the appendix.

The data were weighted to the U.S. current population data by gender, age, education, and ethnicity. Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online polls. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. Figures marked by an asterisk (*) indicate a percentage value of greater than zero but less than one half of one per cent. Where figures do not sum to 100, this is due to the effects of rounding. To see more information on this and other Reuters/Ipsos polls, please visit http://polling.reuters.com/.

For more information on this news release please contact:

Chris Jackson
Vice President, U.S.
Ipsos Public Affairs
202.420.2011
[email protected]

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