Support for the Death Penalty (February 2015)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Strongly support | 49% |
Somewhat support | 26% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 9% |
Don't know | 6% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 32% | 50% | 63% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 21% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 17% | 5% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 15% | 10% | 3% |
Don't know | 7% | 14% | 3% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 56% | 61% | 69% |
Somewhat support | 35% | 20% | 20% |
Somewhat oppose | 5% | 9% | 4% |
Strongly oppose | 1% | 3% | 4% |
Don't know | 3% | 7% | 2% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 31% | 38% | 28% |
Somewhat support | 26% | 33% | 27% |
Somewhat oppose | 24% | 14% | 16% |
Strongly oppose | 13% | 9% | 20% |
Don't know | 5% | 6% | 8% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 21% | 41% | 65% |
Somewhat support | 24% | 30% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 23% | 8% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 27% | 7% | 3% |
Don't know | 6% | 13% | 2% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 57% | 66% | 71% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 26% | 19% |
Somewhat oppose | 8% | 6% | 3% |
Strongly oppose | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Don't know | 3% | 1% | 3% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 27% | 16% | 20% |
Somewhat support | 24% | 24% | 23% |
Somewhat oppose | 30% | 24% | 11% |
Strongly oppose | 14% | 29% | 41% |
Don't know | 6% | 7% | 4% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 26% | 58% | 73% |
Somewhat support | 30% | 29% | 18% |
Somewhat oppose | 17% | 5% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 19% | 3% | 3% |
Don't know | 7% | 5% | 1% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 52% | 32% | 48% |
Somewhat support | 25% | 26% | 32% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% | 15% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 8% | 16% | 8% |
Don't know | 5% | 11% | 7% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Strongly support | 53% | 44% |
Somewhat support | 26% | 27% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 8% | 9% |
Don't know | 4% | 9% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 42% | 49% | 58% |
Somewhat support | 26% | 27% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 14% | 9% | 5% |
Strongly oppose | 11% | 9% | 6% |
Don't know | 7% | 7% | 5% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 33% | 41% | 58% | 53% |
Somewhat support | 34% | 27% | 22% | 28% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% | 12% | 8% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 13% | 11% | 7% | 7% |
Don't know | 11% | 10% | 5% | 2% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 38% | 55% | 45% | 49% | 50% | 38% |
Somewhat support | 33% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 21% | 30% |
Somewhat oppose | 6% | 6% | 12% | 8% | 11% | 15% |
Strongly oppose | 6% | 5% | 9% | 10% | 13% | 13% |
Don't know | 16% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% |