By Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee)

Earlier this year in The New York Times, I discussed the fact that Democrats are increasingly embracing progressive positions on racial justice and that this has pulled the party to the left as well.

In our polling with YouGov Blue, we included several questions about racism, asking respondents whether they agreed or disagreed with the following questions:

White people in the United States have certain advantages because of the color of their skin.

Race plays a major role in the type of social services (such as healthcare or education) that people receive in the United States.

The Irish, Italians, Jews and many other minorities overcame prejudice and worked their way up. Blacks should do the same without any special favors.

Congress should abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

These questions come from a range of social science batteries. We also included a battery of questions about how many activist activities such as calling a representative, donating to candidates, protesting, running for office, signing a petition (there were 15 activities in total). About 18 percent of Democrats reported that they had not been involved in activism, while about 40 percent had participated in 1 to 3 of the activities that we asked about. About 12 percent of Democrats participated in eight or more of these activities.

The chart below shows that activist Democrats are far more likely to agree that white people have advantages.