63% Say McCain Sees U.S. as Fair and Decent Society, 45% Say Obama Holds That View

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Sixty-three percent (63%) of Likely Voters in the United States say that John McCain views American society as generally fair and decent. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 14% think McCain views the nation as primarily unfair and discriminatory.

As for Barack Obama, views of how he perceives the nation are more evenly divided. Forty-five percent (45%) say that Obama views our society as generally fair and decent while 39% think the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee sees society as generally unfair and discriminatory.

Earlier surveys have shown that American voters see a big difference between the candidates in this year’s Presidential Election. Obama currently leads nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.

As with just about any question involving these two men, there are significant differences of opinion along partisan and racial lines. Premium Members can review crosstabs.

Sixty-four percent (64%) of Democrats say that Obama views society as fair and decent while only 50% believe McCain holds that view.

Republicans by a 77% to 7% margin say McCain views society as fair and decent. By a 66% to 22% margin, GOP voters think Obama sees society as generally unfair and discriminatory.

African-Americans are evenly divided in terms of how McCain views society. By a 71% to 18% margin, they believe Obama sees a fair and decent society in the United States.

White voters overwhelmingly believe that McCain sees American society as fair and decent while a plurality (45%) believe Obama holds the opposite view.

A majority of Hispanic voters believe that both candidates see society as generally fair and decent.

The latest tracking data shows that 60% of American voters believe society is generally fair and decent. Twenty-five percent (25%) say it is unfair and discriminatory while 15% are not sure (see crosstabs).

Democrats and voters under 30 are evenly divided while Republicans, unaffiliated voters, and those over 30 tend to see a fair and decent society. African-Americans, by a 60% to 24% margin, say society is unfair and discriminatory while a solid majority of White and Hispanic voters take the opposite view. Sixty-five percent (65%) of men say society is fair and decent along with 56% of women.