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Notable numbers: How many Democrats have close Republican friends?

A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a sign near people protesting against Trump and his policies outside of Trump Tower in New York City.
A supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a sign near people protesting against Trump and his policies outside of Trump Tower in New York City. Getty Images

9.2 The percentage of their income those making less than $20,000 in North Carolina spent in state and local taxes in 2015

5.3 The percentage of their income those making more than $376,000 spent in state and local taxes

21 The percentage of Americans who go online “almost constantly”

73 The percentage who say they go online daily

13 The percentage of Americans who say they don’t use the internet at all

84 The percentage of Republicans who say they have at least a few close Democratic friends

74 The percentage of Democrats who say they have at least a few close Republican friends

14 The percentage of Republicans who say they have no close Democratic friends

24 The percentage of Democrats who say they have no close Republican friends

77 The percentage of Republicans who are married or living with a partner who say the partner is also a Republican

77 The percentage of Democrats who are married or living with a partner who say the partner is also a Democrat

81 The percentage of those who support Donald Trump as president who believe discrimination against whites has become as bad as discrimination against blacks and other minority groups

72 The percentage of Republicans who say that

48 The percentage of independents who say that

32 The percentage of Democrats who say that

41 The percentage of Trump supporters who want to identify and deport all illegal immigrants

29 The percentage of Republicans who want to

21 The percentage of independents

11 The percentage of Democrats

80 The percentage of Trump supporters who say immigrants today are a burden on our society because they take our jobs, housing and health care

65 The percentage of Republicans who say that

41 The percentage of independents

27 The percentage of Democrats

77 The percentage of Trump backers who support a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country

64 The percentage of Republicans who do

40 The percentage of independents

23 The percentage of Democrats

41 The percentage support Gov. Pat McCrory had in the latest Public Policy Poll of registered voters

41 The percentage support challenger Roy Cooper had

6 The percentage support for Libertarian Lon Cecil

13 The percentage who were undecided

-4 McCrory’s approval rating (43 percent approve, 47 percent disapprove)

+ 3 Cooper’s approval rating (34 percent approve, 31 percent disapprove

35 The percentage of voters who have no opinion about Cooper

28 The percentage of voters who think HB2 is helping the state

52 The percentage who think it’s hurting

18 The approval rating for the General Assembly

50.2 The percentage of babies under a year old on July 1, 2015, in the United States who were racial or ethnic minorities

1,995,102 The number of minority babies

1,982,936 The number of non-Hispanic white infants

This story was originally published July 1, 2016 at 4:35 PM with the headline "Notable numbers: How many Democrats have close Republican friends?."

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