Over six in 10 whites believe that America is more divided now than it was just four years ago when the Tea Party rose up and helped the GOP take control of the House, and blacks feel Washington is robbing them.
A startling new poll from Rasmussen Reports finds that 65 percent of white voters believe the country is divided, and a sizable number of non-black minorities agree. Even more — 44 percent — Democrats agree than not, 41 percent.
Overall, 61 percent of likely U.S. voters say the country is more divided than during the last midterm elections in 2010.
Blacks, however, have a different take. Just 36 percent say the nation is more divided.
But that doesn’t mean they are happy. Rasmussen reports, “Blacks are much less likely than whites and other minority voters to consider the justice system and the economy fair to them.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
