New York Times Poll Finds Blacks Split on Farrakhan Views
The New York Times Poll shows 60 percent of blacks have heard of Farrakhan and are split on him personally, with 22 percent favorable and 19 percent unfavorable. A sizable minority support racial views linked to the Nation of Islam, while 40 percent say the group does not represent most blacks. The two stage poll, Feb 15–17 and Mar 12, surveyed 291 black respondents with a margin of error plus or minus six points.