Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for March 23, 2020
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March 23, 2020: Thirty-two percent (32%) of voters nationwide consider the terms Wuhan virus or Chinese virus to be racist. A One America News public opinion poll found that 55% of voters disagree.[1]
As if often the case on questions of racism, there is a massive generational divide on this question:
- Voters under 35 consider those terms racist by a 50% to 38% margin.
- Voters 55 and older disagree. Just 19% of those older voters consider the terms racist while 67% say they are not.[1]
There is also a significant partisan divide:
- Democrats are evenly divided on the question with 40% believing the terms are racist while 45% disagree.
- Among Republicans, 24% believe the term is racist and 65% believe it is not.
- Thirty percent (30%) of independents consider the terms Wuhan virus or Chinese virus to be racist. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of independents take the opposite view.[1]
Black and Hispanic voters are evenly divided as to whether those terms are racist. White voters, by a 2-to-1 margin, disagree.[1]
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- Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day
- Political responses to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020
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- Federal, state, and local government policy changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic, 2020
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