- 12 Jul 2020 17:21
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It's ironic that most of these incidents tend to happen in Democrat-run cities, with blacks and Democrats fulfilling the roles of mayors, police chiefs, district attorneys or otherwise occupying the highest offices, including attorney general. Not only that, but the USA is apparently so 'systemically' racist that most BLM protesters have been white people.
June 24, 2020
Recent protest attendees are more racially and ethnically diverse, younger than Americans overall
By Amanda Barroso and Rachel Minkin
Large-scale protests and rallies for racial equality have captured public attention and amplified calls for policy reforms in recent weeks. Some 6% of U.S. adults say they have attended a protest or rally that focused on issues related to race or racial equality in the last month, and those who have are more likely to be nonwhite and younger than Americans overall, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. They are also more likely to live in an urban area and to identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party.
Black Americans account for 17% of those who say they attended a protest focused on race or racial equality in the last month, compared with their 11% share of all adults in the survey. Hispanic Americans account for 22% of recent protest attendees, versus 15% of all adults. The difference is less pronounced but still statistically significant when it comes to the share of protesters who are Asian (8% vs. 5% of the adults surveyed). While 64% of U.S. adults are white, just 46% of those who said they attended a protest focused on race in the last month are white.
About four-in-ten (41%) of those who say they recently attended a protest focused on race are younger than 30; among all U.S. adults, 19% are in this age group. In turn, those ages 50 and older are underrepresented among the protesters, while those ages 30 to 49 represent a similar share of those who have attended a protest as they do of the adult population overall.
City dwellers, who represent 28% of the adults surveyed, make up 41% of those who say they have protested within the past month. Some 42% of people who participated in last month’s protests live in the suburbs (compared with 47% of all adults), and those who live in rural areas account for 17% of recent protesters, compared with 25% of the survey sample.
When it comes to political party affiliation, about eight-in-ten (79%) of those who say they participated in a protest or rally focused on race or racial equality in the last month identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while just 17% say they are Republican or Republican-leaning.
As is the case among the overall adult population, men and women each make up about half of those who say they attended a protest focused on race in the last month. Protesters also don’t differ considerably from the adult population in terms of income or educational attainment.
Note: Here are the questions used for this report, along with responses, and its methodology.
Pew Research
It's ironic that most of these incidents tend to happen in Democrat-run cities, with blacks and Democrats fulfilling the roles of mayors, police chiefs, district attorneys or otherwise occupying the highest offices, including attorney general. Not only that, but the USA is apparently so 'systemically' racist that most BLM protesters have been white people.
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