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Feb. 6, 2003 Study #481
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President Bush stated publicly that he opposes a program of racial preferences for minority applicants at the University of Michigan. The Bush administration urged the Supreme Court to declare the University of Michigans admissions system unconstitutional. Do you approve or disapprove of the Bush administration decision to oppose the University of Michigans racial preference admissions program? (IF APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE) Do you (approve/disapprove) strongly or do you (approve/disapprove) somewhat?
ALL DEM IND REP LIB MOD CON WHT MIN
The Times Poll contacted 1,385 Americans nationwide by telephone Jan. 30Feb. 2. Telephone numbers were chosen from a list of all exchanges in the nation. Random-digit dialing techniques were used so that listed and unlisted numbers could be contacted. The entire sample was weighted slightly to conform with census figures for sex, race, age, education and region. The margin of sampling error for the entire sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For certain subgroups the error margin may be somewhat higher. Poll results can also be affected by other factors such as question wording and the order in which questions are presented.
NOTES
All answer frequencies are given in percentages. indicates less than 0.5%. The wording of some questions has been abridged.
Approve (Net) Approve strongly Approve somewhat Disapprove (Net)
55 38 18 27 Disapprove somewhat 9 Disapprove strongly 17 Dont know 18
44 22 22 39 13 26 17
54 31 22 29 9 21 17
77 67 10 11 6 5 12
43 26 17 47 15 32 10
53 36 17 28 12 16 19
68 48 20 15 4 11 17
59 40 19 21 9 12 20
46 31 15 41 10 31 13
How close do you think we are to eliminating discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities in America once and for all: Are we very close, fairly close, not too close or not close at all?
SELECTED RESULTS FROM THE TIMES POLL NATIONAL SURVEY Jan. 30Feb. 2, 2003 (A full summary of results will be available at a later date through the Los Angeles Times Poll)
Close (Net) Very close Fairly close Not close (Net) Not too close Not close at all Dont know
38 8 30 58 31 28 4
34 9 25 64 30 34 2
38 7 32 59 34 25 3
45 8 37 52 36 16 3
32 10 21 66 38 28 2
34 6 27 64 33 32 2
45 8 37 51 27 24 4
40 6 34 57 32 26 3
32 11 22 62 28 33 6
GUIDE TO COLUMN HEADINGS

ALL DEM IND REP LIB MOD CON WHT MIN All U.S. adults Self-described Democrats Self-described independents Self-described Republicans Political liberals Political moderates Political conservatives Whites Minorities When deciding who will be admitted, should colleges and universities consider only a students academic record or should some students be admitted in an attempt to balance the student body by looking at geographic location, ethnicity or gender as well as academic record?
Academic record Balance Dont know
57 46 58 73 50 57 65 62 45 33 46 35 17 46 35 24 29 43 10 8 7 10 4 8 11 9 12
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Do you think affirmative action programs designed to help blacks and other minorities get better jobs and education go too far these days, or dont they go far enough, or are they just about adequate now?
Go too far Dont go far enough Adequate now Dont know
36 29 37 52 31 35 45 40 26 18 26 17 5 26 14 16 12 34 36 39 38 37 38 43 31 38 31 10 6 8 6 5 8 8 10 9
Right now, how often do you think affirmative action programs designed to help women and minorities get better jobs and education end up depriving someone else of their rightsdoes that happen almost always, quite a lot, only occasionally or almost never?
A lot (Net) Almost always Quite a lot Occasionally (Net) Only occasionally Almost never Dont know
34 6 28 56 47 9 10
30 5 25 65 53 12 5
28 5 22 62 51 12 10
48 10 38 45 44 1 7
33 8 25 57 40 17 10
29 5 24 65 56 9 6
41 7 34 48 43 5 11
37 6 31 53 48 5 10
27 7 20 63 43 20 10
Would you favor or oppose an affirmative action program that gives preference in jobs and education to people who come from an economically disadvantaged background, regardless of their gender or ethnicity? (IF FAVOR OR OPPOSED) Would you (favor/oppose) that strongly or (favor/oppose) that somewhat?
Favor (Net) Favor strongly Favor somewhat Oppose (Net) Oppose somewhat Oppose strongly Dont know
60 28 31 31 16 15 9
68 31 37 23 13 10 9
60 30 30 29 15 14 11
48 22 26 43 19 24 9
69 34 36 24 14 10 7
60 25 35 33 17 16 7
53 27 25 36 17 20 11
56 25 31 33 17 16 11
68 35 33 25 13 13 7
Tables compiled by RAY ENSLOW
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Approve (Net) Approve strongly Approve somewhat Disapprove (Net)

55 38 18 27 Disapprove somewhat 9 Disapprove strongly 17 Dont know 18

GUIDE TO COLUMN HEADINGS

Academic record Balance Dont know

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Go too far Dont go far enough Adequate now Dont know

Tables compiled by RAY ENSLOW

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