POLL: Most Americans say race was a 'major factor' in George Floyd's death, but opinions on protests are split
Americans are largely united in seeing racism at play in the killing of George Floyd and in policing more generally — but they are divided over the violent protests that have gripped Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities in the wake of Floyd’s death, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.
And nearly all Americans believe the charge against Chauvin — third-degree murder — is either “appropriate” or that he should have been charged with “a more serious crime” . A small percentage of Americans said Chauvin should have been charged with a less serious crime or not charged at all . And so while a rare overall consensus seems to have formed around Floyd’s death — a development that may have something to do with the fact that a full 70 percent of Americans have watched harrowing video footage of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck — the Yahoo News/YouGov poll also shows how complicated views about race in the U.S. remain, with divisions surfacing along both racial and political lines.
Wide majorities of Republicans and whites see the unrest in Minneapolis as “mostly violent riots.” But only a third of Democrats and black Americans describe the events that way. A plurality of Republicans said police officers are usually held accountable for misconduct. About twice as many Democrats said they are not.
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