Some 70% of registered California voters say they agree that the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating inequality, with just 9% disagreeing, in the latest poll by Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies. Opinions generally followed party lines, education levels, and regions, with more educated and metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles residents perceiving the inequality at higher rates. Associate sociology and African American studies professor Tianna Paschel suggests the results correlate with the dominance of Democrats in the state. She expressed surprise that Latinos were least likely to agree that blacks are disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with only 45% agreeing. "Latino folks and black folks are competing for material and political resources," she deduces. "There's job competition, housing and political representation. ... What I was surprised about was how large those numbers were. If you compare them, Latinos had higher numbers than Trump supporters." For more on this, see our press release at Berkeley News.