Opposing race based preferences could help power a McCain comeback.
Does John McCain really http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4337 suggests that he might not, and that even if he does, he won’t.
National polls have consistently shown that substantial majorities oppose preferential treatment based on race. In five polls from 1977 through 1991, Gallup found that at no time did support for http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5044 exceed 11%. Recent polls continue to find strong majority opposition.
• An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Jan. 2003, found that 65% opposed and 26% favored the “use [of race as one of the factors in admissions to increase diversity” in colleges.
• A Gallup poll, June 2003, found that 69% of all respondents (75% of whites; 59% of Hispanics; 44% of blacks) opposed allowing race and ethnicity to be considered “to help promote diversity on college campuses.”• A Newsweek poll, July 2007, found that 82% of all adults (86% of whites, 75% of non-whites) disapproved of allowing race to be considered “as a factor in making decisions about employment and education.”
• A Quinnipiac University poll, Aug. 2007, found that 71% agreed and 24% disagreed with the recent Supreme Court ruling “that public schools may not consider an individual’s race when deciding which students are assigned to specific schools.”
• A Newsweek poll, May 2008, found that 72% disapprove and 21% approve of “giving preferences to blacks and other minorities in things like hirings, promotions, and college admissions.”
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