You'll never guess who's okay with the end of affirmative action

The data, from an Economist/YouGov poll conducted after the Supreme Court’s decision, shows Americans approving of it more than 2-to-1. That’s a finding in line with surveys conducted before the decision, including from The Washington Post and CBS News, which showed more than 6 in 10 Americans supported the idea of banning the use of race and ethnicity in admissions. Another poll conducted after the decision, for ABC News, showed Americans approved of it by a 20-point margin.

What’s particularly striking about the Economist/YouGov poll is how Black Americans responded. Indeed, more of them actually approved of the decision (more than 4 in 10) than disapproved (fewer than 4 in 10). And more Black Americans “strongly” approved (31 percent) than disapproved (26 percent).

This finding is also in line with previous polling.

[No surprise here, but keep reading. Part of the reason why black Americans are diffident about the demise of affirmative action is that few of them feel as though it had ever benefitted them. That’s why the outcry from the usual progressive suspects about how the court had damaged its legitimacy in the SFFA v Harvard decision was so laughable. The overwhelming consensus among Americans is that it was long past time to end it. — Ed]