Forty-six percent of American voters believe that cancel culture “has gone too far,” according to a Politico survey released on Wednesday. Only 10% said it had not gone far enough, while 18% said neither and 26% had no opinion.
Forty-nine percent said cancel culture had a somewhat negative or very negative impact, while only 27% said it had a somewhat positive or very positive impact on society.
Other results from the poll show:
- Only 40% of voters say they have participated in cancel culture and only one in 10 say they participate “often.”
- Among Democrats, half have taken part in cancel culture, while only a third of Republicans say they have.
- Among those aged 18-34, 55% say they have taken part in cancel culture, while only 32% of those over 65 say they have done so.
- Fifty-three percent of all those surveyed agreed with the statement that “even though free speech is protected, people should expect social consequences for expressing unpopular opinions in public, even those that are deeply offensive to other people.”
- Only 31% said their view was closer to the following: “There should not be social consequences for expressing unpopular opinions in public, even those that are deeply offensive to other people because free speech is protected.”
This poll was conducted between July 17-19 among a national sample of 1991 registered voters. The data were weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, gender, educational attainment, race, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
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