"The polling comes just weeks after Trump re-posted a video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes - a centuries-old racist trope against Black people - on his personal Truth Social account. An Economist/YouGov poll published Tuesday included a question on whether Americans view Trump as racist. According to the survey, 47 percent said they believe the term does describe the president, with only 24 percent saying it doesn't. Twenty-nine percent said they had no opinion on the matter."
"Some observers of the poll noted that Republican-leaning voters made up the plurality of the "no opinion" responses, perhaps out of a refusal to admit the truth about the president. Among respondents who self-identified as Republicans, 41 percent said they didn't have an opinion on whether Trump was racist. The poll is comparable with how Americans viewed Trump in January 2018, when the Economist/YouGov poll asked the same question. At that time, 44 percent viewed Trump as racist, while 40 percent said he wasn't one."
New Economist/YouGov polling shows 47 percent of Americans consider President Trump racist, 24 percent say he is not, and 29 percent have no opinion. The poll followed Trump reposting a video depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes on his Truth Social account. Some Republican-leaning respondents made up a plurality of the no-opinion answers, with 41 percent of self-identified Republicans reporting no opinion on whether Trump was racist. The results resemble January 2018 findings but show fewer defenders of Trump against racism accusations. The White House initially mocked criticism and later announced an action regarding the video's status.
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