President Trump has split the country over NFL protests during the national anthem; that seems to be the consensus takeaway from some new polls. A CNN survey, for instance, finds people think the players are doing the “wrong thing” by a 49-to-43 margin. But that kind of misses the point, […] Read more »
84% Support NFL Players’ Right to Protest; Only 16% Say Protesters Should Be Dropped from Teams
A poll conducted this week by the Seton Hall Sports Poll has found that 84% of American support the NFL players’ right to protest, with only 16% saying the players should be ordered to stand for the anthem or be dropped from the team if they refuse. CONT. Seton Hall […] Read more »
Americans divided on NFL protests
Americans are divided over whether NFL player protests during the National Anthem are a respectful way to attract attention to racial inequality nationwide, according to a new PBS NewsHour/Marist poll released Friday. Nearly half — 48 percent — of U.S. adults said these demonstrations were a respectful way to draw […] Read more »
CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests
Americans are sharply divided over whether NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem are doing the right thing to express their views, but a majority agree that President Donald Trump did the wrong thing by criticizing their actions, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. CONT. […] Read more »
The NFL Protests May Be Unpopular Now, But That Doesn’t Mean They’ll End That Way
… We don’t have any polling specifically about Trump’s recent NFL comments, but a Quinnipiac University poll from 2016 found that only 38 percent of those surveyed approved of players choosing not to stand during the anthem. But while these NFL protests may be unpopular right now, particularly with white […] Read more »
Views among college students regarding the First Amendment: Results from a new survey
… To explore the critical issue of the First Amendment on college campuses, during the second half of August I conducted a national survey of 1,500 current undergraduate students at U.S. four-year colleges and universities. The survey population was geographically diverse, with respondents from 49 states and the District of […] Read more »