Six in 10 Americans say the country should do more to hold police accountable for mistreatment of Black people, far outpacing concerns about those measures interfering with how law enforcement does its job, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. The nationwide survey also finds that concerns over treatment of […] Read more »
6 in 10 favor doing more to hold police accountable
Confidence that police in the United States are adequately trained to avoid using excessive force reached a new low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, and 60% of Americans say the country should do more to hold police accountable for mistreatment of Black people. More broadly, 63% say Black […] Read more »
Americans overwhelmingly approve of Chauvin guilty verdict, USA TODAY/Ipsos snap poll finds
In the hours after a guilty verdict was announced in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos snap poll found Americans overwhelmingly approved of the jury’s finding. The survey found 71% of Americans agreed Chauvin was guilty, and most Americans surveyed followed at […] Read more »
Majorities Say Leaders Haven’t Done Enough to Prevent Gun Violence and Want Stronger Gun Laws
This release features findings from a national online survey of 1,002 registered voters conducted March 25-29, 2021. Additional interviews were conducted among 103 Hispanic voters, 100 African American voters, 100 independents without a partisan lean, and 100 Asian American and Pacific Islander voters. Key takeaways• A majority of Americans describe […] Read more »
Fewer than one in five support the ‘defund the police’ movement
Support to redistribute police department funding has decreased among Americans since August after a summer of protests had erupted across the country against racial injustice and police brutality, a recent Ipsos/USA TODAY poll found. … Only 18% of respondents supported the movement known as “defund the police” and 58% said […] Read more »
Stark divide on race, policing emerges since George Floyd’s death
Americans’ trust in the Black Lives Matter movement has fallen and their faith in local law enforcement has risen since protests demanding social justice swept the nation last year, according to an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll. … On many issues, there is a chasm in the perspective between Black people […] Read more »