Opinion on the Death Penalty (September 2010)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Strongly support | 54% |
Somewhat support | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 8% |
Don't know | 5% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 37% | 48% | 71% |
Somewhat support | 30% | 19% | 20% |
Somewhat oppose | 16% | 9% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 13% | 9% | 2% |
Don't know | 4% | 15% | 1% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 60% | 82% | 72% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 14% | 19% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 2% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Don't know | 2% | 0% | 2% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 28% | 45% | 37% |
Somewhat support | 25% | 34% | 29% |
Somewhat oppose | 27% | 5% | 19% |
Strongly oppose | 18% | 7% | 15% |
Don't know | 3% | 9% | 1% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 28% | 46% | 66% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 30% | 21% |
Somewhat oppose | 19% | 11% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 22% | 5% | 3% |
Don't know | 2% | 8% | 5% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 59% | 68% | 69% |
Somewhat support | 25% | 21% | 18% |
Somewhat oppose | 8% | 7% | 2% |
Strongly oppose | 2% | 2% | 3% |
Don't know | 5% | 1% | 7% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 30% | 27% | 29% |
Somewhat support | 26% | 37% | 14% |
Somewhat oppose | 26% | 17% | 9% |
Strongly oppose | 15% | 18% | 47% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 0% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 34% | 67% | 75% |
Somewhat support | 30% | 22% | 16% |
Somewhat oppose | 17% | 7% | 4% |
Strongly oppose | 15% | 3% | 3% |
Don't know | 4% | 1% | 1% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 59% | 36% | 50% |
Somewhat support | 22% | 26% | 27% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 10% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 13% | 6% |
Don't know | 3% | 15% | 7% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Strongly support | 58% | 50% |
Somewhat support | 22% | 26% |
Somewhat oppose | 11% | 8% |
Strongly oppose | 6% | 9% |
Don't know | 3% | 7% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 47% | 53% | 64% |
Somewhat support | 24% | 23% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 12% | 10% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 8% | 9% | 4% |
Don't know | 8% | 4% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 42% | 60% | 50% | 57% | 51% | 40% |
Somewhat support | 23% | 22% | 25% | 21% | 24% | 26% |
Somewhat oppose | 0% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 16% |
Strongly oppose | 18% | 3% | 10% | 12% | 9% | 15% |
Don't know | 17% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 3% | 3% |