Most Americans don’t agree with the “defund the police” movement, according to recent polls.
About nine in 10 Republican respondents oppose defunding the police. A majority of Democrats support the movement.
Among races, support for defunding the police was low for whites, higher for Hispanics, and reached a majority in blacks.
Thirty-nine percent of respondents said they strongly or somewhat support the movement. Four percent said they’re not sure.
A majority of Democrat respondents said they support the movement while a majority of Republican and Independent respondents said they oppose it.
That poll found majority opposition across party lines, though more Republicans opposed cutting funding while more Democrats were undecided.
The calls were sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man accused of forgery who died in police custody on Memorial Day in Minneapolis.
The ABC/Ipsos poll was conducted among 686 people from June 1o to June 11. It has a sampling error of plus/minus 4.2 percentage points.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted among 1,113 Americans 18 or older between June 9 and June 10. It has a margin of error of plus.minus 3.3 percentage points.
The Yahoo/YouGov survey was conducted among 1,060 U.S. adults from May 29 to May 30. The margin of error was plus/minus 4.3 percentage points.