President Trump has fueled a resurgence in racial prejudice, right? That's the story the country has been told almost from the moment he came down the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 to announce that he was running for the office.
A widely cited Quinnipiac University Poll, for example, found that 54% agreed that "President Trump has emboldened people who hold racist beliefs." A Pew Research Center survey found that 56% say Trump has made race relations worse.
By normalizing racism, the thinking went, Trump would unleash it.
If nothing else, Trump would simply lead people to more racist positions.
The data in the study itself show that, even among Democrats, prejudice against blacks increased under Obama, then plunged under Trump.
A CNN poll taken in 2016 found that 54% said race relations had gotten worse under Obama.
At the same time, Trump hasn't unleashed a wave of racial hatred, no matter how much the left wants to believe otherwise.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/05/21/narrative-fail-the-country-has-become-less-prejudiced-under-trump/
A widely cited Quinnipiac University Poll, for example, found that 54% agreed that "President Trump has emboldened people who hold racist beliefs." A Pew Research Center survey found that 56% say Trump has made race relations worse.
By normalizing racism, the thinking went, Trump would unleash it.
If nothing else, Trump would simply lead people to more racist positions.
The data in the study itself show that, even among Democrats, prejudice against blacks increased under Obama, then plunged under Trump.
A CNN poll taken in 2016 found that 54% said race relations had gotten worse under Obama.
At the same time, Trump hasn't unleashed a wave of racial hatred, no matter how much the left wants to believe otherwise.
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/05/21/narrative-fail-the-country-has-become-less-prejudiced-under-trump/
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