Do you think the deaths of African Americans during encounters with police in recent years are... (February 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 45% |
Isolated incidents | 45% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 83% | 44% | 12% |
Isolated incidents | 9% | 39% | 78% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 16% | 10% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 89% | 80% | 82% |
Isolated incidents | 7% | 10% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 10% | 8% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 16% | 16% | 7% |
Isolated incidents | 76% | 72% | 82% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 12% | 10% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 89% | 53% | 10% |
Isolated incidents | 7% | 32% | 80% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 15% | 10% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 90% | 87% | 92% |
Isolated incidents | 9% | 7% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 7% | 4% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 24% | 9% | 6% |
Isolated incidents | 63% | 84% | 82% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 7% | 12% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 36% | 72% | 53% |
Isolated incidents | 56% | 16% | 34% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 12% | 14% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 40% | 49% |
Isolated incidents | 53% | 38% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 13% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 54% | 45% | 30% |
Isolated incidents | 34% | 48% | 56% |
Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 7% | 14% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 55% | 50% | 42% | 36% |
Isolated incidents | 31% | 38% | 50% | 57% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 13% | 8% | 6% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 60% | 40% | 46% | 43% | 45% | 55% |
Isolated incidents | 27% | 45% | 44% | 50% | 46% | 42% |
Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 14% | 10% | 6% | 9% | 3% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 33% | 44% | 58% | 64% |
Isolated incidents | 55% | 48% | 32% | 30% |
Don't know/No opinion | 13% | 8% | 10% | 6% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 32% | 41% | 67% | 41% |
Isolated incidents | 56% | 51% | 27% | 31% |
Don't know/No opinion | 12% | 8% | 5% | 28% |