Forty-nine percent (49%) of U.S. voters now believe relations between whites and Hispanics in America are getting worse

A new national telephone survey finds that just 28% think white-Hispanic relations are improving. The survey was taken after Arizona’s passage of a law to crack down on illegal immigrants. Sixty-four percent (64%) of voters in the state support the new law. So do 60% of voters nationwide. There has been virtually no change in voter perceptions of black-Hispanic relations. Nineteen percent (19%) say the relationship between blacks and Hispanics is getting better, while 37% believe it’s getting worse. African-American voters remain more confident in the nation’s current course than whites and other voters.

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