GALLOP: We DUers Must ALL Be Black Too!

[kpete]

SAT APR 07, 2012 AT 06:44 AM PDT
I guess by Gallup standards Kossaks are black
byDenise Oliver VelezFollow

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Blacks, Nonblacks Hold Sharply Different Views of Martin Case

Black Americans' views differ dramatically from those of nonblacks regarding the circumstances involved in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26. Blacks are paying much closer attention to the news of the incident; overwhelmingly believe that George Zimmerman, the individual who shot Martin, is guilty of a crime; believe that racial bias was a major factor in the events leading up to the shooting; and believe that Zimmerman would already have been arrested had the victim been white, not black.

Gallup titles it "Blacks, Nonblacks Hold Sharply Different Views of Martin Case"

They end with this:

A final question included in the poll asked if Zimmerman would have been arrested under the same circumstances if the person he shot was white.

Consistent with the widespread view among blacks that racial bias was a factor in the events surrounding the shooting, blacks overwhelmingly (73%) say Zimmerman would have been arrested had the victim been white. Nonblacks, on the other hand, tilt toward the view that race did not make a difference in the Zimmerman situation (49%), with 35% saying he would have arrested had the victim been white

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But thanks Gallup.

Good to know that it is really mostly only black folks that give a damn about Trayvon Martin.

THE REST:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/153776/Blacks-Nonblacks-Hold-Sharply-Different-Views-Martin-Case.aspx
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/07/1081452/-I-guess-by-Gallup-standards-Kossaks-are-black

[annabanana]

1. That poll headline got the same WTF reaction from me too. . .,n/t

[obxhead]

2. We see stuff like this from major polling agencies all the time.

Yet somehow we get all giddy when there's a 2 point change in political polls.

These polls only say what the people giving the polls WANT them to say. They rarely depict reality.

[Scuba]

3. Most polls are designed to shape opinion, not measure it.

[freshwest]

4. +1