Most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the protests.
found most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the protests and the underlying racial issues. Only the Emerson College poll was conducted after peaceful protesters were cleared from around the White House on Monday so Trump could visit a nearby church that had been damaged the night before.
The move was derided by former military officials, including retired Gen. James Mattis, Trump's first secretary of defense, who sharply rebuked the president in a statement Wednesday.On Trump's handling of Floyd's death and the ensuing protests:Reuters/Ipsos – Approve 33%, disapprove 55%Faith in Trump's ability to handle race relations:Though a majority in the Monmouth poll say they have little or no confidence in Trump's ability to handle race relations, 52% say they have at least some faith in former Vice President Joe Biden to do so, and 46% do not. "The race continues to be largely a referendum on the incumbent. The initial reaction to ongoing racial unrest in the country suggests that most voters feel Trump is not handling the situation all that well," said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.Here is how people say they would vote if the election were held now:Emerson College – Biden 47%, Trump 43%While many on the left have expressed support for the demonstrators and downplayed the outbreaks of violence, some conservatives have condemned the scenes as lawless riots. The CBS News poll found 46% approve of the protests, 38% disapprove and 16% are neutral. About 1 in 6 approve of the looting that has taken place and 76% disapprove. More than 1 in 5 say the burning of a Minneapolis police precinct was a justified form of protest, and 65% say it wasn't.The polls found that Floyd's death has made Americans more pessimistic about the state of race relations. A majority of Americans say in the Emerson College poll that race relations are just as bad or worse than they were during the civil rights era. A CBS News poll released Thursday found the number saying there is progress toward ending discrimination against blacks dropped to 56% from 79% in March 2014, when the country marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The Emerson College poll also found a 54% majority is optimistic that things will improve. Twenty-six percent say they will stay about the same, and 20% expect they will get worse. Sixty-one percent of the respondents in the CBS News survey say race relations in the USA are"generally bad." While 17% say race relations are getting better, 42% say they are getting worse, and 39% say they are unchanged. Fifty percent say African Americans face"a lot" of discrimination, and 31% say they face"some." Twelve percent say there is"only a little" discrimination, and 5% say there is"none at all." A 52% majority say white people"have a better chance of getting ahead in today's society" while just 3% say the same of black people. Forty-two percent say they believe the level of opportunity is equal for both races. The views on race differ sharply by political party: 57% of Republicans say they believe race relations are generally good, compared with 13% of Democrats and 38% of independents.
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