Police Favorability (October 2020)
category | Total |
---|---|
Very favorable | 35% |
Somewhat favorable | 23% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 16% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 15% |
Very unfavorable | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 8% | 13% | 64% |
Somewhat favorable | 22% | 38% | 20% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 25% | 20% | 6% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 27% | 14% | 5% |
Very unfavorable | 16% | 10% | 3% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 6% | 2% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 4% | 9% | 9% |
Somewhat favorable | 29% | 22% | 19% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 14% | 45% | 23% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 41% | 17% | 25% |
Very unfavorable | 13% | 7% | 21% |
Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 0% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 51% | 53% | 75% |
Somewhat favorable | 24% | 27% | 16% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 12% | 7% | 2% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 8% | 7% | 3% |
Very unfavorable | 4% | 7% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 0% | 3% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 6% | 15% | 64% |
Somewhat favorable | 17% | 35% | 21% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 23% | 23% | 7% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 33% | 13% | 5% |
Very unfavorable | 20% | 8% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 5% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 6% | 2% | 11% |
Somewhat favorable | 25% | 15% | 11% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 25% | 25% | 18% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 32% | 34% | 32% |
Very unfavorable | 12% | 22% | 27% |
Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 2% | 1% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 45% | 62% | 74% |
Somewhat favorable | 35% | 23% | 14% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 12% | 7% | 4% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 5% | 7% | 3% |
Very unfavorable | 1% | 1% | 2% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 0% | 3% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 44% | 14% | 19% |
Somewhat favorable | 25% | 19% | 24% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 12% | 24% | 21% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 12% | 18% | 23% |
Very unfavorable | 6% | 20% | 10% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 5% | 4% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Very favorable | 36% | 34% |
Somewhat favorable | 22% | 24% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 15% | 16% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 16% | 14% |
Very unfavorable | 9% | 9% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 2% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 23% | 38% | 45% |
Somewhat favorable | 24% | 23% | 23% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 18% | 16% | 13% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 19% | 16% | 8% |
Very unfavorable | 14% | 7% | 7% |
Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 4% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 15% | 21% | 43% | 55% |
Somewhat favorable | 18% | 28% | 23% | 22% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 17% | 21% | 14% | 11% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 31% | 15% | 11% | 8% |
Very unfavorable | 13% | 13% | 7% | 4% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 1% | 2% | 0% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 28% | 36% | 39% | 32% | 31% | 37% |
Somewhat favorable | 5% | 21% | 21% | 27% | 27% | 24% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 48% | 12% | 16% | 12% | 17% | 18% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 19% | 14% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 16% |
Very unfavorable | 0% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 5% |
Don't know/No opinion | 0% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 49% | 28% | 25% | 13% |
Somewhat favorable | 21% | 31% | 19% | 20% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 12% | 14% | 27% | 20% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 9% | 15% | 18% | 30% |
Very unfavorable | 6% | 8% | 9% | 18% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 3% | 2% | 0% |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very favorable | 54% | 37% | 12% | 14% |
Somewhat favorable | 21% | 27% | 19% | 25% |
Neither favorable nor unfavorable | 12% | 16% | 20% | 20% |
Somewhat unfavorable | 7% | 11% | 31% | 21% |
Very unfavorable | 5% | 7% | 17% | 15% |
Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 3% | 1% | 5% |