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Half would be less likely to vote for a candidate who made a racist remark privately
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Told that a congressional candidate had privately made a remark that could be read as racist, half of Americans (51%) say they would be less likely to vote for that person, an April 2023 Verasight survey finds.
Just over four-in-ten (42%) say it would make no difference given everything else they know about the candidate, and 7% say they would be more likely to support them.
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Topline distribution
Half would be less likely to vote for a candidate who made a racist remark privately.
How would you change your likelihood to vote for a candidate for Congress if it emerges that they made a remark that could be interpreted as racist during a private conversation?
- Would be less likely to vote for him/her 50.8%
- Neither more nor less likely to vote for him/her, given everything else I would know about the candidate 42.1%
- Would be more likely to vote for him/her 7.1%
MPSA 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-032
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Full methodology- Mode
- Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Field dates
- 2023-04-19 → 2023-04-27
- Base (unweighted)
- 1,000
- Margin of error
- +/- 3.6%
- Module
- MPSA 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-032
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Citation
MPSA 2023 Omnibus Survey #2023-032, fielded April 19-27, 2023, N=1,000 United States adults who completed both waves of the survey, +/- 3.6%.