poll: how millennials view blm and the alt-right susan page and karina shedrofsky, usa today, october 31, 2016 




most millennials have a positive view of the black lives matter movement, a usa today/rock the vote millennial poll finds, but attitudes are more mixed about the less well-known alt-right. 




in the survey of americans 18 to 34 years old, 58% say they have a favorable opinion about black lives matter, an activist movement that grew from protests over the shooting deaths of unarmed african americans. among blacks, an overwhelming 81% have a favorable view, including 50% who are <u+201c>very favorable.<u+201d> just 14% of blacks have an unfavorable opinion. 




whites have a positive impression of the movement by 53%-39%, hispanics by 64%-31%, and asian americans by 54%-40%. 




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the online poll of 1,299 young adults, including an over-sample of minorities, was taken oct. 21-24 by ipsos public affairs. {snip} 




the alt-right movement, which includes groups on the far right, has gained attention recently because of the support for donald trump by some white supremacists and anti-semites. but it is much less well-known among millennials. nearly half of those surveyed, 45%, say they don<u+2019>t know enough about the alt-right to have an opinion of it, compared with just 8% who say that of black lives matter. 




among those who express an opinion, 34% say they have a favorable opinion of the alt-right, 21% an unfavorable one. 




among whites, the favorable-unfavorable divide is 33%-19%. among african americans, it is 31%-27%. among hispanics, 46%-23%. among asian americans, 37%-23%. 




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poll: how millennials view blm and the alt-right
henry wolff