Half of Ukip voters say they are prejudiced against people of other races

[The Don]

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Around half of Ukip voters say they are prejudiced against people of other races, new opinion research has found.
When Ukip voters were asked by the pollster YouGov whether they would describe themselves as prejudiced “against people of other races”, only 49 per cent said they were not prejudiced.
42 per cent of the party’s supporters admitted to being “a little prejudiced” while 6 per cent said they were “very prejudiced” – a total of 48 per cent.
The results of the poll suggest that Ukip voters admit to being significantly more racially prejudiced than the population as a whole.

Around a quarter (26 per cent) of the general population said they were slightly racially prejudiced, just over half the number of Ukip voters.
Sixty per cent of Conservatives said they were not prejudiced, 72 per cent of Labour voters, and 73 per cent of Liberal Democrats.
Many of Ukip’s supporters who admitted to being “racially prejudiced” somehow insisted they were not “racist”, however.
When asked directly in a separate question whether they held “racist” views, 28 per cent, significantly fewer, said they did – while 64 per cent said they did not.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/half-of-ukip-voters-say-they-are-prejudiced-against-people-of-other-races-10062731.html

I am genuinely surprised by how large of a percentage this is.
Thoughts?

[Kyle]

It would seem then that UKIP are the most honest with their views. I firmly believe that everybody holds racial prejudices whether they like it or not -- this doesn't necessarily make them 'racist' in the conventional individually negative sense. I wonder, do you think that councillors (and indeed the population as a whole) should instead adopt views that people like Godfrey bloom have claimed to hold and be "colour blind" instead? Should we ignore race and see individuals as just people?


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[The Don]

It would seem then that UKIP are the most honest with their views. I firmly believe that everybody holds racial prejudices whether they like it or not -- this doesn't necessarily make them 'racist' in the conventional individually negative sense. I wonder, do you think that councillors (and indeed the population as a whole) should instead adopt views that people like Godfrey bloom have claimed to hold and be "colour blind" instead? Should we ignore race and see individuals as just people?


I disagree. I don’t believe everyone holds consciously prejudice views. Subconsciously, perhaps. Clearly the people voting that they held prejudice views felt them to a stronger extent than those selecting the no box since it’s an anonymous poll so the whole ‘honesty’ angle doesn’t make sense. I don’t really know enough about the last part of your post to comment on.