From The Washington Post:
A natural consequence of that “racialization” of American politics is that Democrats and Republicans will continue viewing racial controversies like Ferguson, Baltimore and the Confederate flag through very different lenses. … Michael Tesler is an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine.   

For the full story, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/07/09/democrats-increasingly-think-the-confederate-flag-is-racist-republicans-dont/.