FF Poll: Rights of Way

Q1. Monday is Martin Luther King Day (in commemoration of King's birthday, Jan 15, 1929). King is known for advocating the advancement of civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Your thoughts? (Please choose 3, one from each pair.)

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Nonviolence is generally an effective way to advocate for rights

94%

96%

93%

94%

96%

93%

100%

95%

92%

94%

Nonviolence is generally NOT an effective way to advocate for rights

3%

4%

2%

3%

2%

0%

2%

3%

Civil disobedience is generally an effective way to advocate for rights

69%

75%

63%

42%

81%

84%

100%

74%

59%

69%

Civil disobedience is generally NOT an effective way to advocate for rights

22%

21%

23%

42%

18%

7%

0%

14%

33%

22%

Violence is generally an effective way to advocate for rights

3%

4%

1%

8%

2%

0%

7%

2%

3%

Violence is generally NOT an effective way to advocate for rights

91%

90%

94%

100%

92%

89%

91%

None of these

0%

Don't know

1%

0%

2%

0%

1%

0%

2%

1%

Don't care

0%

Q2. Over the weekend video emerged of Kentucky high school students and a Native American at a protest in Washington, DC. Your thoughts? (Please choose 3, one from each set. Or if you don't feel you are familiar enough with the encounter to comment, please check that option.)

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

I think the student(s) acted in an acceptable manner

30%

29%

30%

58%

26%

3%

11%

31%

33%

30%

I think the student(s) acted in an unacceptable manner

36%

33%

39%

2%

33%

76%

37%

34%

36%

I don't know if the student(s) acted in an acceptable or unacceptable manner

20%

21%

20%

29%

10%

39%

26%

12%

20%

I think the Native American acted in an acceptable manner

41%

34%

47%

12%

40%

73%

11%

39%

48%

41%

I think the Native American acted in an unacceptable manner

19%

20%

33%

23%

1%

25%

18%

19%

I don't know if the Native American acted in an acceptable or unacceptable manner

21%

26%

18%

22%

25%

17%

51%

31%

9%

21%

My opinion about who acted acceptably or unacceptably did not change from when I first became aware of the encounter

38%

39%

37%

23%

37%

57%

37%

30%

44%

38%

My opinion about who acted acceptably or unacceptably changed from when I first became aware of the encounter

26%

22%

31%

26%

36%

17%

37%

32%

21%

26%

None of these

2%

3%

1%

3%

2%

0%

4%

1%

2%

I am not familiar enough with the encounter to comment

16%

21%

11%

25%

14%

9%

25%

15%

16%

Don't care

0%

Q3. In 1988 President Reagan signed a bill that granted each Japanese American survivor of internment (by the US government during WW II) $20,000 in reparations (about $45,000 today). Because the law was restricted to American citizens and legal permanent residents, the ethnic Japanese that had been taken from homes in Latin America (mostly Peru), were not covered in the reparations. Which of the below groups do you think the US government should pay (additional) reparations today? (Please check 4, one from each pair.)

overall

custom

male

female

rep

ind

dem

18-29

30-44

45-64

65+

Surviving Japanese American internees -- yes

49%

44%

52%

31%

46%

70%

37%

50%

49%

Surviving Japanese American internees -- no

30%

38%

22%

37%

38%

13%

39%

32%

27%

30%

Surviving Japanese internees from Latin America -- yes

34%

29%

38%

16%

31%

56%

23%

40%

31%

34%

Surviving Japanese internees from Latin America -- no

39%

50%

27%

46%

49%

19%

52%

31%

41%

39%

Native Americans -- yes

47%

48%

46%

15%

52%

76%

39%

46%

47%

Native Americans -- no

29%

31%

28%

46%

29%

11%

0%

38%

29%

African American descendants of slaves -- yes

32%

28%

37%

14%

33%

52%

37%

39%

26%

32%

African American descendants of slaves -- no

43%

49%

36%

54%

46%

25%

39%

46%

43%

None of these

11%

16%

7%

25%

8%

1%

0%

11%

14%

11%

Don't know

8%

5%

10%

9%

6%

9%

23%

10%

3%

8%

Don't care

0%

1%

2%

0%

1%

0%