Via Fox News:

A just-released Fox News poll finds a huge racial divide over the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case.

African Americans disagree with the verdict that Zimmerman was not guilty of murdering Martin by a wide 87-10 percent margin.  Among whites, a 56-percent majority agrees with the Florida jury’s finding, while 31 percent disagree.

Blacks are nearly four times as likely as whites to think Martin’s race was the single most important factor in Zimmerman’s decision to follow him (54 vs. 14 percent). […]

The new poll finds most people (80 percent) have been following the Zimmerman trial at least somewhat closely, including 86 percent of blacks and 80 percent of whites.

Overall, 49 percent of voters agree with the Florida jury’s not-guilty verdict, while 40 percent disagree and 12 percent have no opinion. In addition, a 66-percent majority opposes the government trying to prosecute Zimmerman on federal civil rights charges. That’s more than twice the 28 percent who support federal charges.

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