MINORITIES REPORT: THE ATTITUDES OF BRITAIN’S ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATION 27 IDENTITY The broad similarities we see in the political values and policy priorities of white and ethnic minority voters suggest that the source of the relatively high levels of support Labour enjoys among the latter lie elsewhere. [...] Though the importance of class to the identity of those born in the UK, and those who have resided here for a number of years may have waned, this is not the case for newer migrants and those whose families have more recently migrated to Britain- this seems to be more important to the salience of class and professional identity than ethnic subgroup. 36 MINORITIES REPORT: THE ATTITUDES OF BRITAIN’. [...] However, we also see that respondents in these two groups tend to be more favourable toward other ‘traditional’ institutions such as the Monarchy, Commonwealth and police. THE FUTURE OF THE UK AND NATIONAL PRIDE We also asked respondents about the future of the UK, and the type of country they would be most proud to live in, presenting them with a list of different visions for the future of Brita. [...] 44 MINORITIES REPORT: THE ATTITUDES OF BRITAIN’S ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATION The British people would be proud to live in a country with good a good healthcare system, which was a good place to raise a family, and which is diverse Thinking about different visions for the future of the country, which of the following would make you most proud to live in the UK? Please select up to three. [...] Source: Focaldata for UKICE, nationally representative and ethnic minority surveys, 2023 MINORITIES REPORT: THE ATTITUDES OF BRITAIN’S ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATION 49 There are few differences in the views of white and ethnic minority respondents, though the latter are more likely to object to the idea of having a gay couple as a neighbour.
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Table of Contents
- FOREWORD 2
- INTRODUCTION 4
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
- Labour lost the most support among ethnic minority voters from Asian Muslim voters 12
- Labour lost the most support in English regions where large numbers of Muslim voters opted for pro-Palestinian independents 13
- POLITICAL VIEWS AND 15
- VALUES 15
- IDENTITY 28
- BEING BRITISH 38
- DISCRIMINATION AND 48
- PREJUDICE 48
- Black respondents are more likely than other ethnic minorities to say they would feel comfortable living with any group 51
- Black respondents particularly those of Caribbean heritage are more likely to say ethnic minorities face significant amounts of discrimination than other respondents 53
- ECONOMIC PREFERENCES 60
- AND SOCIAL VALUES 60
- METHODOLOGY 72
- APPENDIX AND THE DATA 76
- USED IN THIS REPORT 76
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- This is an open access work published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 77