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Next we'd like to know how you feel about the way various groups in society are treated. For each of the following groups please say whether you are very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied with the way they are treated. How about … [RANDOM ORDER]?

A. Immigrants

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	13	33	27	23	5
2007 Jun 4-24	12	31	29	21	7
2006 Jun 8-25	14	33	26	21	5
2005 Jun 6-25	13	41	26	16	4
2003 Jun 12-18	15	43	25	13	4
2002 Jun 3-9	16	39	25	14	6
2001 Jun 11-17	14	40	27	14	5

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	14	35	27	18	6
2007 Jun 4-24	12	36	27	17	8
2006 Jun 8-25	16	36	27	16	6
2005 Jun 6-25	14	46	25	12	3
2003 Jun 12-15	15	48	24	9	4
2002 Jun 3-6	17	41	25	10	7
2001 Jun 11-17	15	43	28	9	5

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	13	25	28	27	7
2007 Jun 4-24	7	25	36	26	6
2006 Jun 8-25	9	29	32	26	4
2005 Jun 6-25	8	33	31	20	8
2003 Jun 12-18	14	30	25	26	5
2002 Jun 3-9	8	33	27	24	8
2001 Jun 11-17	6	29	32	25	8

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	19	23	45	3
2007 Jun 4-24	8	17	25	46	3
2006 Jun 8-25	11	15	23	48	2
2005 Jun 6-25	10	19	29	39	3
2003 Jun 12-18	11	31	27	29	2
2002 Jun 3-9	12	32	19	33	4
2001 Jun 11-17	10	26	27	33	4

B. Women

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	26	42	19	12	1
2007 Jun 4-24	26	43	17	11	3
2006 Jun 8-25	25	42	20	11	1
2005 Jun 6-25	24	46	20	9	1
2003 Jun 12-18	28	44	17	10	1
2002 Jun 3-9	25	47	17	9	2
2001 Jun 11-17	24	46	18	11	1

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	29	46	16	9	*
2007 Jun 4-24	27	46	16	8	3
2006 Jun 8-25	28	46	18	7	1
2005 Jun 6-25	25	50	19	6	*
2003 Jun 12-15	31	45	15	8	1
2002 Jun 3-6	26	50	17	6	1
2001 Jun 11-17	24	49	17	9	1

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	15	32	31	21	2
2007 Jun 4-24	15	30	28	25	2
2006 Jun 8-25	12	39	29	20	1
2005 Jun 6-25	17	36	28	17	2
2003 Jun 12-18	17	35	24	21	3
2002 Jun 3-9	19	40	17	22	2
2001 Jun 11-17	14	33	31	20	2

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	20	35	22	20	3
2007 Jun 4-24	23	37	20	19	2
2006 Jun 8-25	33	27	19	19	2
2005 Jun 6-25	23	36	20	17	4
2003 Jun 12-18	26	42	17	14	1
2002 Jun 3-9	26	41	17	12	4
2001 Jun 11-17	27	33	18	20	2

Men
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	37	38	13	10	2
2007 Jun 4-24	33	42	13	9	4
2006 Jun 8-25	35	39	19	7	1
2005 Jun 6-25	28	46	17	7	2
2003 Jun 12-18	36	40	17	6	1
2002 Jun 3-9	34	43	15	6	2
2001 Jun 11-17	35	45	13	6	1

Women
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	16	45	24	15	1
2007 Jun 4-24	21	45	20	13	2
2006 Jun 8-25	17	45	22	15	1
2005 Jun 6-25	19	47	23	10	1
2003 Jun 12-18	21	48	16	14	1
2002 Jun 3-9	18	51	19	11	1
2001 Jun 11-17	13	48	22	15	2

C. Blacks

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied		Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%		%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	18	41	25		14	3
2007 Jun 4-24	21	42	20		13	4
2006 Jun 8-25	17	44	24		12	3
2005 Jun 6-25	16	43	23		14	4
2003 Jun 12-18	20	44	22		12	2
2002 Jun 3-9	19	45	22		11	3
2001 Jun 11-17	20	41	24		13	2

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	20	43	24		10	2
2007 Jun 4-24	22	49	15		9	4
2006 Jun 8-25	17	49	24		7	3
2005 Jun 6-25	18	48	21		10	3
2003 Jun 12-15	22	46	22		8	2
2002 Jun 3-6	19	49	21		8	3
2001 Jun 11-17	20	44	25		9	2

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	9	26	28		36	1
2007 Jun 4-24	8	22	30		38	2
2006 Jun 8-25	7	30	29		33	1
2005 Jun 6-25	8	33	28		30	1
2003 Jun 12-18	10	30	20		39	1
2002 Jun 3-9	12	31	26		29	2
2001 Jun 11-17	8	31	28		32	1

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	15	33	27		19	6
2007 Jun 4-24	17	29	31		16	6
2006 Jun 8-25	23	23	27		20	7
2005 Jun 6-25	15	30	27		19	9
2003 Jun 12-18	11	47	22		16	4
2002 Jun 3-9	19	38	24		14	5
2001 Jun 11-17	15	35	26		18	6

D. Hispanics

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	14	42	26	15	3
2007 Jun 4-24	16	40	20	17	7
2006 Jun 8-25	18	39	25	14	5
2005 Jun 6-25	17	41	27	10	5
2003 Jun 12-18	18	47	22	10	3
2002 Jun 3-9	17	47	22	9	5
2001 Jun 11-17	16	44	23	12	5

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	15	45	26	11	3
2007 Jun 4-24	17	46	15	14	8
2006 Jun 8-25	19	43	23	10	5
2005 Jun 6-25	18	42	28	7	5
2003 Jun 12-15	19	50	21	6	4
2002 Jun 3-6	17	51	21	6	5
2001 Jun 11-17	17	47	23	9	4

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	30	33	20	7
2007 Jun 4-24	9	30	36	20	6
2006 Jun 8-25	11	34	33	17	5
2005 Jun 6-25	14	36	31	12	7
2003 Jun 12-18	15	38	23	21	3
2002 Jun 3-9	14	35	27	15	9
2001 Jun 11-17	7	34	31	20	8

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	11	32	25	30	2
2007 Jun 4-24	12	25	29	32	3
2006 Jun 8-25	18	22	28	31	1
2005 Jun 6-25	15	30	27	27	1
2003 Jun 12-18	11	40	24	23	2
2002 Jun 3-9	16	37	24	21	2
2001 Jun 11-17	15	30	25	29	1

E. Asians

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	26	46	14	4	9
2007 Jun 4-24	26	46	11	6	10
2006 Jun 8-25	27	49	12	5	7
2005 Jun 6-25	27	45	14	5	9
2003 Jun 12-18	25	48	16	5	6
2002 Jun 3-9	22	49	15	5	9
2001 Jun 11-17	21	48	18	5	8

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	29	48	13	2	8
2007 Jun 4-24	29	48	9	4	9
2006 Jun 8-25	29	53	9	4	6
2005 Jun 6-25	30	47	12	4	7
2003 Jun 12-15	26	49	15	4	6
2002 Jun 3-6	23	51	15	3	8
2001 Jun 11-17	21	50	18	4	7

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	18	40	21	9	13
2007 Jun 4-24	16	43	20	10	11
2006 Jun 8-25	19	44	21	8	8
2005 Jun 6-25	17	41	21	8	13
2003 Jun 12-18	20	40	24	9	7
2002 Jun 3-9	16	44	20	10	10
2001 Jun 11-17	13	40	26	12	9

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	18	41	15	8	18
2007 Jun 4-24	17	41	16	9	16
2006 Jun 8-25	30	28	18	11	14
2005 Jun 6-25	23	35	19	10	13
2003 Jun 12-18	20	51	15	8	6
2002 Jun 3-9	19	42	13	11	15
2001 Jun 11-17	18	33	22	13	14

F. Arabs

	Very satisfied	Somewhat satisfied	Somewhat dissatisfied	Very dissatisfied	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	14	33	23	16	14
2007 Jun 4-24	17	35	21	13	14
2006 Jun 8-25	15	30	28	16	11

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	14	37	21	15	14
2007 Jun 4-24	18	39	20	11	13
2006 Jun 8-25	14	33	31	15	7

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	12	26	30	18	14
2007 Jun 4-24	8	28	26	23	15
2006 Jun 8-25	9	32	27	16	15

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	13	26	22	18	21
2007 Jun 4-24	12	26	28	15	19
2006 Jun 8-25	17	20	22	20	22

Next, we'd like to know how you would rate relations between various groups in the United States these days. Would you say relations between -- [RANDOM ORDER] -- are very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad, or very bad?

A. Whites and blacks

	Very good	Somewhat good	Somewhat bad	Very bad	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	58	23	7	2
2007 Jun 4-24	10	61	24	4	1
2006 Jun 8-25	9	55	25	9	2
2005 Jun 6-25	11	57	23	6	3
2004 Jun 9-30	13	59	20	6	2
2003 Jun 12-18	10	58	24	6	2
2002 Jun 3-9	8	61	23	5	3
2001 Jun 11-17	6	57	28	7	2

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	11	59	23	6	1
2007 Jun 4-24	11	64	23	2	*
2006 Jun 8-25	10	57	26	6	2
2005 Jun 6-25	11	61	22	5	1
2004 Jun 9-30	13	61	20	5	1
2003 Jun 12-15	10	59	25	5	1
2002 Jun 3-6	7	63	24	3	3
2001 Jun 11-17	6	56	30	6	2

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	7	54	23	14	1
2007 Jun 4-24	7	48	31	12	2
2006 Jun 8-25	7	55	22	14	2
2005 Jun 6-25	10	55	20	13	2
2004 Jun 9-30	12	56	21	8	3
2003 Jun 12-18	9	50	26	13	2
2002 Jun 3-9	9	59	18	13	1
2001 Jun 11-17	8	62	17	11	2

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	7	50	27	10	6
2007 Jun 4-24	9	50	25	10	6
2006 Jun 8-25	10	48	24	14	5
2005 Jun 6-25	11	47	27	11	4
2004 Jun 9-30	12	49	21	10	8
2003 Jun 12-18	11	57	19	9	4
2002 Jun 3-9	9	53	25	9	4
2001 Jun 11-17	8	57	18	14	3

B. Whites and Hispanics

	Very good	Somewhat good	Somewhat bad	Very bad	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	55	27	6	2
2007 Jun 4-24	9	57	21	7	6
2006 Jun 8-25	13	47	30	7	3
2005 Jun 6-25	11	59	23	3	4
2004 Jun 9-30	13	61	19	4	3
2003 Jun 12-18	12	61	20	4	3
2002 Jun 3-9	7	61	22	5	5
2001 Jun 11-17	7	59	26	4	4

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	9	56	30	5	1
2007 Jun 4-24	9	59	19	6	6
2006 Jun 8-25	13	48	32	4	3
2005 Jun 6-25	10	63	24	1	2
2004 Jun 9-30	12	62	20	4	2
2003 Jun 12-15	11	61	22	3	3
2002 Jun 3-6	7	61	23	4	5
2001 Jun 11-17	6	61	25	4	4

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	48	24	10	7
2007 Jun 4-24	8	45	29	12	6
2006 Jun 8-25	9	46	26	14	5
2005 Jun 6-25	11	50	22	6	11
2004 Jun 9-30	12	50	22	4	12
2003 Jun 12-18	9	52	24	6	9
2002 Jun 3-9	8	52	21	11	8
2001 Jun 11-17	7	48	28	9	8

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	12	59	17	9	3
2007 Jun 4-24	15	55	22	6	2
2006 Jun 8-25	16	52	17	12	3
2005 Jun 6-25	16	51	21	10	2
2004 Jun 9-30	20	56	16	3	5
2003 Jun 12-18	16	68	10	5	1
2002 Jun 3-9	10	66	14	6	4
2001 Jun 11-17	14	55	21	7	3

C. Whites and Asians

	Very good	Somewhat good	Somewhat bad	Very bad	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	23	58	10	2	7
2007 Jun 4-24	24	56	8	2	10
2006 Jun 8-25	27	56	10	2	5
2005 Jun 6-25	20	59	12	1	8
2004 Jun 9-30	23	58	9	4	6
2003 Jun 12-18	20	62	11	2	5
2002 Jun 3-9	14	63	14	2	7
2001 Jun 11-17	14	62	15	4	5

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	24	59	10	1	5
2007 Jun 4-24	26	57	7	*	10
2006 Jun 8-25	30	57	9	1	3
2005 Jun 6-25	21	60	13	*	6
2004 Jun 9-30	24	60	9	4	3
2003 Jun 12-15	19	64	11	2	4
2002 Jun 3-6	13	64	15	2	6
2001 Jun 11-17	13	64	16	2	5

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	17	56	12	5	10
2007 Jun 4-24	15	54	15	6	10
2006 Jun 8-25	18	52	17	4	10
2005 Jun 6-25	16	56	11	3	14
2004 Jun 9-30	16	52	13	4	15
2003 Jun 12-18	19	55	15	2	9
2002 Jun 3-9	12	60	13	5	10
2001 Jun 11-17	14	52	20	4	10

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	18	53	10	4	15
2007 Jun 4-24	18	54	10	3	15
2006 Jun 8-25	22	51	8	9	10
2005 Jun 6-25	17	56	11	5	11
2004 Jun 9-30	25	47	8	5	15
2003 Jun 12-18	19	57	9	3	12
2002 Jun 3-9	18	56	11	4	11
2001 Jun 11-17	8	57	18	8	9

D. Blacks and Hispanics

	Very good	Somewhat good	Somewhat bad	Very bad	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	7	42	29	11	11
2007 Jun 4-24	6	43	27	9	15
2006 Jun 8-25	9	39	29	8	15
2005 Jun 6-25	9	47	26	5	13
2004 Jun 9-30	9	53	20	6	12
2003 Jun 12-18	10	50	26	4	10
2002 Jun 3-9	7	46	26	7	14
2001 Jun 11-17	6	43	30	9	12

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	5	38	31	12	14
2007 Jun 4-24	4	42	28	7	19
2006 Jun 8-25	8	33	34	6	19
2005 Jun 6-25	7	46	28	4	15
2004 Jun 9-30	6	52	21	6	15
2003 Jun 12-15	7	48	29	4	12
2002 Jun 3-6	4	42	30	7	17
2001 Jun 11-17	4	38	34	10	14

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	13	54	19	10	4
2007 Jun 4-24	12	56	20	9	4
2006 Jun 8-25	9	62	16	11	3
2005 Jun 6-25	18	59	12	4	7
2004 Jun 9-30	18	59	14	3	6
2003 Jun 12-18	17	55	19	4	5
2002 Jun 3-9	14	59	18	5	4
2001 Jun 11-17	18	56	17	5	4

Hispanics
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	10	50	26	10	4
2007 Jun 4-24	15	44	29	9	4
2006 Jun 8-25	15	46	21	13	5
2005 Jun 6-25	12	44	26	14	4
2004 Jun 9-30	17	51	16	9	7
2003 Jun 12-18	16	55	19	7	3
2002 Jun 3-9	13	58	16	7	6
2001 Jun 11-17	16	53	22	5	4

Do you think that relations between blacks and whites will always be a problem for the United States, or that a solution will eventually be worked out?

	Always a problem	Eventually worked out	No opinion
	%	%	%
Total
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	38	58	3
2008 May 1-3	42	54	4
2007 Jun 4-24	43	54	4
2006 Jun 8-25	42	54	4
2005 Jun 6-25	46	50	4
2004 Jun 9-30	45	51	4
2002 Dec 9-2003 Feb 11	47	50	3
2001 Mar 23-May 16	47	48	5
1999 Sep 24-Nov 16	52	44	4
1998 Aug 13-Oct 26	56	41	3
1997 Jan 4-Feb 28	55	42	3
1995 Oct 19-22	68	29	3
1995 Oct 5-7	54	41	5
1993 Aug 23-25	53	44	3
1963 Dec ^	42	55	3

Non-Hispanic whites
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	37	59	4
2007 Jun 4-24	41	55	4
2006 Jun 8-25	40	56	4
2005 Jun 6-25	46	51	3
2004 Jun 9-30	44	52	4

*Long-term trend:* Whites (including Hispanics)
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	36	60	4
2007 Jun 4-24	42	54	4
2006 Jun 8-25	40	56	4
2005 Jun 6-25	45	52	3
2004 Jun 9-30	44	52	4
2002 Dec 9-2003 Feb 11	46	51	3
2001 Mar 23-May 16	45	50	5
1999 Sep 24-Nov 16	51	45	4
1998 Aug 13-Oct 26	57	41	2
1997 Jan 4-Feb 28	54	42	4
1995 Oct 19-22	68	29	3
1995 Oct 5-7	55	40	5
1993 Aug 23-25	53	44	3
1963 Dec ^	44	53	3

Blacks
2008 Jun 5-Jul 6	49	50	2
2007 Jun 4-24	56	41	3
2006 Jun 8-25	55	43	2
2005 Jun 6-25	57	41	2
2004 Jun 9-30	57	41	2
2002 Dec 9-2003 Feb 11	59	39	2<