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Agreement that if Blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites, on a five-point agree/disagree scale.
AI-matched An AI model grouped these questions and mapped their answers onto shared categories, and a second AI review checked and corrected the grouping and mapping. No person has checked it: compare the question wordings and the answer mapping below before reading the lines against each other.
Latest: 19% answered “Disagree somewhat” in ANES, 2024.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each column is one survey wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
Groups differ from everyone by 13 points on average across all answers, in ANES.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANES | Blacks would be as well off if they tried harder ‘It’s really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites.’ Caveat: Same wording and scale as the concept reference | identical | Agree strongly → Agree strongly; Agree somewhat → Agree somewhat; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree somewhat → Disagree somewhat; Disagree strongly → Disagree strongly |
| CES | Blacks could be as well off if they tried harder of some people not trying hard enough, if blacks would only try harder they could be just as well off as whites. How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? [Its really a matter of some people not trying hard] Caveat: Wording is garbled in the archive; online survey panel | identical | Strongly agree → Agree strongly; Somewhat agree → Agree somewhat; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Somewhat disagree → Disagree somewhat; Strongly disagree → Disagree strongly |
| GSS | Black people would succeed if they tried harder (Do you agree strongly, agree somewhat, neither agree nor disagree, disagree somewhat, or disagree strongly with the following statements?) It's really a matter of some people not trying hard enough; if black people would only try harder they could be
NOTE: This variable originates on the GSS Next follow-on, and should not be analyzed without the GSS Next-specific weights WTSSPS_NEXT or WTSSNRPS_NEXT Caveat: Wording truncated in the archive; asked on the GSS Next follow-on and needs special weights | identical | Agree strongly → Agree strongly; Agree somewhat → Agree somewhat; Neither agree nor disagree → Neither agree nor disagree; Disagree somewhat → Disagree somewhat; Disagree strongly → Disagree strongly |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Groups differ from everyone by 10 points on average across all answers, in ANES.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. ANES → mixed mode (2012).
Subgroup charts are picked automatically. Of every breakdown in the data (party, ideology, age, sex, race, education, income, region, religion, and community type), these two put their groups furthest from everyone’s answers: the gap is averaged across all answer categories and waves, with each group weighted by its share of respondents. Party and ideology count as one choice, so the second chart shows a different kind of split. Groups with an effective sample under 50 in a wave are left out of that wave.