Sorry, ‘Alt-Right,’ Most Americans Haven’t Heard of You
Image by Nikki Casey
Even as the “alt-right” revels in the election of Donald Trump, most Americans still don’t know about the white identity politics movement, finds a recent poll from the Pew Research Center.
The “alt-right” is the label preferred by contemporary white nationalists.
17% of Americans said they knew “a lot” about the “alt-right”; 54% of United States adults report they have heard “nothing at all” about the “alt-right,” while 28% indicate they know “a little” about it.
But there were stark divides in awareness, along lines of partisanship an education. Almost two-thirds of liberal Democrats said they knew “a little” or “a lot” about the “alt-right,” compared to less than half of self-identified conservatives. Meanwhile, well over half of those with college and postgraduate degrees know at least “a little” about the “alt-right,” while only a third of those with a high school education know about it.
Contact Daniel J. Solomon at [email protected] or on Twitter @DanielJSolomon
It’s our birthday and we’re still celebrating!
We hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, we’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s independent Jewish news.
This week we celebrate 129 years of the Forward. We’re proud of our origins as a Yiddish print publication serving Jewish immigrants. And we’re just as proud of what we’ve become today: A trusted source of Jewish news and opinion, available digitally to anyone in the world without paywalls or subscriptions.
We’ve helped five generations of American Jews make sense of the news and the world around them — and we aren’t slowing down any time soon.
As a nonprofit newsroom, reader donations make it possible for us to do this work. Support independent, agenda-free Jewish journalism and our board will match your gift in honor of our birthday!
Support our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.
