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Attitudes on race relations in the U.S. have also changed since Simpson's murder case gripped the nation.
In 1994, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that less than half the country - and only 44% of blacks - thought that race relations in the United States were in very good or fairly good shape. Now those numbers are more optimistic. According to the CNN survey, the percentage of blacks who say that race relations are good has increased 10 percentage points, to 54%. Overall, nearly two thirds of all Americans now say that race relations are good.
The CNN poll was conducted May 2-4 and May 29-June 1 by ORC International, with 2,011 adult Americans, including 1,549 whites and 143 blacks, questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.
In 1994, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that less than half the country - and only 44% of blacks - thought that race relations in the United States were in very good or fairly good shape. Now those numbers are more optimistic. According to the CNN survey, the percentage of blacks who say that race relations are good has increased 10 percentage points, to 54%. Overall, nearly two thirds of all Americans now say that race relations are good.
The CNN poll was conducted May 2-4 and May 29-June 1 by ORC International, with 2,011 adult Americans, including 1,549 whites and 143 blacks, questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.