Do you think the deaths of Black people during encounters with police in recent years are...(April 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 47% |
Isolated incidents | 45% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 87% | 42% | 11% |
Isolated incidents | 8% | 35% | 82% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 23% | 7% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 93% | 78% | 89% |
Isolated incidents | 4% | 15% | 6% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 7% | 5% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 11% | 26% | 7% |
Isolated incidents | 81% | 60% | 89% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 14% | 4% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 88% | 55% | 15% |
Isolated incidents | 6% | 30% | 79% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 15% | 7% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 84% | 93% | 84% |
Isolated incidents | 5% | 2% | 12% |
Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 4% | 5% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 37% | 11% | 10% |
Isolated incidents | 49% | 85% | 83% |
Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 5% | 6% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 38% | 82% | 46% |
Isolated incidents | 54% | 9% | 41% |
Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 8% | 13% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 41% | 51% |
Isolated incidents | 52% | 38% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 10% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 62% | 45% | 31% |
Isolated incidents | 29% | 47% | 61% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 8% | 8% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 56% | 56% | 41% | 36% |
Isolated incidents | 35% | 30% | 51% | 62% |
Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 14% | 8% | 2% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 19% | 40% | 47% | 50% | 51% | 51% |
Isolated incidents | 64% | 47% | 45% | 41% | 42% | 47% |
Don't know/No opinion | 16% | 13% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 2% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
A sign of broader problems... | 30% | 45% | 64% | 72% |
Isolated incidents | 59% | 46% | 31% | 22% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 9% | 5% | 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... | 29% | 41% | 73% | 44% |
Isolated incidents | 60% | 53% | 23% | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 6% | 4% | 27% |