Opinion on the Death Penalty for Those Convicted of Violent Crimes (February 2010)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Strongly support | 53% |
Somewhat support | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 8% |
Don't know | 4% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 35% | 66% | 70% |
Somewhat support | 31% | 17% | 20% |
Somewhat oppose | 15% | 6% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 16% | 8% | 3% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 2% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 67% | 67% | 73% |
Somewhat support | 18% | 22% | 18% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 8% | 3% |
Strongly oppose | 5% | 1% | 3% |
Don't know | 1% | 2% | 2% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 39% | 29% | 37% |
Somewhat support | 22% | 43% | 27% |
Somewhat oppose | 24% | 18% | 12% |
Strongly oppose | 13% | 7% | 20% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 3% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 31% | 43% | 68% |
Somewhat support | 30% | 31% | 20% |
Somewhat oppose | 16% | 10% | 7% |
Strongly oppose | 18% | 10% | 3% |
Don't know | 4% | 7% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 62% | 68% | 75% |
Somewhat support | 22% | 22% | 15% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 6% | 4% |
Strongly oppose | 5% | 2% | 4% |
Don't know | 2% | 2% | 2% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 35% | 24% | 36% |
Somewhat support | 36% | 30% | 15% |
Somewhat oppose | 15% | 25% | 2% |
Strongly oppose | 11% | 17% | 43% |
Don't know | 3% | 5% | 4% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 34% | 67% | 81% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 23% | 10% |
Somewhat oppose | 16% | 5% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 18% | 2% | 2% |
Don't know | 3% | 2% | 1% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 59% | 27% | 51% |
Somewhat support | 23% | 30% | 26% |
Somewhat oppose | 8% | 14% | 12% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 17% | 9% |
Don't know | 3% | 12% | 2% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Strongly support | 59% | 48% |
Somewhat support | 22% | 28% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 8% | 9% |
Don't know | 2% | 6% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 44% | 57% | 57% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 21% | 29% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% | 11% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 12% | 8% | 5% |
Don't know | 5% | 4% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 54% | 58% | 48% | 65% | 55% | 35% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 24% | 25% | 18% | 29% | 22% |
Somewhat oppose | 0% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 21% |
Strongly oppose | 11% | 5% | 12% | 4% | 6% | 18% |
Don't know | 7% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 4% |