A vast majority of Republicans are opposed to marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday and teaching the significance of the date in schools, according to a new national poll. Juneteenth will be observed on Monday for the third time since it was formally designated as a national holiday. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — two months after the Confederacy had surrendered. That was also about two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the Southern states.Poll ToplinesPoll CrosstabsWhile 42% of all respondents said they strongly or somewhat support Juneteenth being a federal holiday, the poll found that only 13% of Republicans agreed. And while 57% of all respondents said the support teaching the history and significance of the day in public schools, only 29% of Republicans agreed. The UMass-Amherst/WCVB national poll is based on a survey of 1,133 people between May 31 and June 8. The margin of error is 3.4%.Meanwhile, Black individuals said overwhelmingly that the Republican Party does not do a good job representing their interests. The poll found that 76% of Black respondents said the GOP was doing "not too well" or "not well at all" in representing the interests of their community.Sixty-four percent of Black respondents said the Democratic party represented their interests "somewhat well" or "very well." The poll found Black respondents were far more likely than the general population to point to the legacy of slavery as having an impact on African American people today — 91% of Black respondents said there was a "great deal" or "fair amount" of impact, compared to 56% of all respondents. Results were similar when the poll asked about the legacy of discrimination known as Jim Crow. When asked about the future of race relations, 13% of all respondents said they believe things will "definitely get better" over the next decade and 48% said it would "probably" improve.