# Two-thirds say they don't look down on people outside their group

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/two-thirds-say-they-dont-look-down-on-people-outside-their-group/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey conducted May 11, 2026, two-thirds of Americans (66%) reject the idea that they hold a negative view of people who aren't in their group, including 30% who strongly disagree.

Around one-in-ten (11%) agree that they do, while 23% neither agree nor disagree.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: I tend to hold a negative view of people who aren't in my group.

Two-thirds say they don't look down on people outside their group.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly disagree: 30.4%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 23.2%
- Moderately disagree: 22.9%
- Slightly disagree: 13.1%
- Slightly agree: 7.3%
- Moderately agree: 2.1%
- Strongly agree: 1.2%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: society
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.24](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.24)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.24](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-5.24)