A majority of American voters views growing diversity of the population makes the United States favorably, a new survey revealed Thursday.
The Pew Research finds that 57% of registered American voters say an increasing number of people of many different races and ethnic groups and nationalities makes the country a better place to live,
About a third of the voters, 34%, say the growing diversity makes no difference and only 8% say it makes the U.S. a worse place to live.
Among Hillary Clinton supporters, the percentage of voters who see diversity as good for the United States is much higher at 72%.
Interestingly, 40% of Donald Trump supporters view the nation’s increasing diversity positively.
Supporters of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump disagree on a range of policy issues, from terrorism to free trade. Yet they also have more fundamental differences over long-term changes in the country and the next generation’s future prospects.
The national survey finds that Trump supporters overwhelmingly believe that life in America is worse than it was 50 years ago “for people like them.”
According to the findings, fully 81% of registered voters who support Trump say life has gotten worse, compared with just 11% who say it has gotten better (6% say it is about the same)
On the other hand, Clinton supporters take the opposite view: 59% say life for people like them has gotten better over the past half-century, while 19% think it has gotten worse and 18% see little change.
Regarding expectations for the nation’s future, Trump backers are broadly pessimistic – 68% say life for the next generation will be worse than today.
Hillary Clinton’s supporters have mixed assessments with nearly four-in-ten (38%) say life will be better, 28% say it will be about the same and just 30% say it will be worse.
