Poll: Most in S.C. Still Favor Confederate Flag Removal

A majority of S.C. residents continue to think it was the right decision to remove the flag. The latest Winthrop Poll showed that 57 percent of whites and 87 percent of blacks favored the decision.

S.C. African-American residents surveyed in poll believe that racism is the most important problem facing the country.

The poll, released this morning, touches on several topics, beginning with how blacks and whites in South Carolina view issues differently.

According to the release, last summer, S.C. legislators voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds. The decision came after nine African-American church members, including the pastor who was a S.C. state senator, were gunned down in their Charleston church in what was viewed as a racially motivated killing.

The issue of race was mentioned by African Americans in South Carolina more often than politicians/government, jobs/unemployment and education, in that order.

Speaking about this survey, Winthrop Poll director, Scott Huffmon said,

"In the past year or so, we have had multiple events that raised conversations about race in South Carolina," said Winthrop Poll Director Scott Huffmon "The time seemed right to take an accurate measure of where race relations in South Carolina really stand."

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