@NYU2013 I am not trying to be deliberately obtuse, nor am I trying to play “gotcha” with you. I do not pretend to be a scientist, nor am I a proficient researcher. I’m just a modestly-educated mom with some smart kids. I did make a cursory search using Google and could not find any studies addressing such a correlation. I’m not accusing you of lying – I am just curious about the internals of the studies. For example, was racism a self-identified attitude? Or was racism defined by the researchers? Were they gauging sentiments? Or were positions on issues categorized as “racist”? For example, was opposition to affirmative action considered racist? Or were those polled specifically asked to if they consider their race superior, etc? Have their been studies of the voting patterns of people convicted of hate crimes?
I seem to recall a poll during the 2008 West Virginia presidential primary which found that race was a factor in those voting for or against Obama — but that was pertaining to a Democratic primary, so that doesn’t fit the model about democratic voting patterns. I could also point to anecdotal things like the fact that George Zimmerman campaigned for Obama or that Hillary was accused by Obama supporters of being racist in the 2008 primary.
Is it possible your assumption that it was “common knowledge” is more the result of ivory tower groupthink? “Well, of course, every enlightened person knows that democrats aren’t racist…”