A new UMass Amherst poll asked 1,500 likely Massachusetts voters to rank the U.S. presidents whom they believe have done the most for Black Americans. Abraham Lincoln was ranked first, followed by Lyndon Johnson and Dwight Eisenhower. Tatishe Nteta, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass poll said, "In an era rife with partisan polarization and racial strife, one issue that brings together Democrats and Republicans, Trump and Biden voters, and African Americans and whites is the strong belief that Abraham Lincoln, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, is the president that has done the most for African Americans." (The Boston Globe, 11/2/20; News Office release)