We are a collaborative of pollsters, scholars, researchers and commentators committed to bringing an accurate understanding of African American civic engagement to the public discourse.
We surveyed over 12,000 Americans to better understand their access to and opinions about the vaccines, as well as messages and messengers that encourage different groups to get vaccinated. The study was designed to create nationally representative samples across race and ethnicity with large respondent bases of Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Native American and White populations.
The poll was in the field from May 7 – June 7, 2021 and has a margin of error of +/- 0.9%.
Our full methodology is available at covidvaccinepoll.com.
Our full methodology is available at www.electioneve2020.com.
We surveyed 1,900 individuals between April 10 and April 28, 2021, for the United Negro College Fund, the Center for Responsible Lending, and the Center for Community Capital at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The survey compares the experiences of current and former Black students at HBCUs with their Black peers at predominately white institutions (PWIs) and their white peers. Borrower quotations included in this report were taken from a series of focus groups conducted in December 2020.
The progress we have made on vaccinations so far is impressive. The U.S. can beat back the Delta variant, stop others from emerging and finish what we started, but our research indicates that to do so,
- David Blumenthal & Henry Fernandez
of Black voters believed President Trump ignored the early warning signs of coronavirus.
View our joint American Election Eve Poll with Latino Decisions and Asian American Decisions ›of African Americans believe there is an active effort to suppress or stop the vote of Black people and young people.
View our COVID-19 Poll for NAACP ›of African Americans believe they are less likely than Whites to be offered COVID-19 testing.
View our African American Battleground Poll for American University ›We have done the work to get answers to critical questions related to the most important and effective voting blocs in US elections. Our team has more than 30 years of experience not only collecting and analyzing data but turning it into practical and actionable information.
If you are interested in discussing one of our polls or talking about potential new research projects with us, please send us a note.
