George Floyd protests: support by ethnicity U.S. 2020

As of mid-June 2020, 74 percent of African-American U.S. adults surveyed strongly supported the protests held in response to the killing of George Floyd. By contrast, a mere one percent of African-American respondents strongly opposed the protests, and an additional one percent somewhat opposed them.

Level of support among U.S. adults for the protests in response to the death of George Floyd as of June 2020, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support or oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose	Don't know / no opinion
White	32%	28%	14%	7%	16%	2%
Hispanic	46%	25%	16%	3%	8%	3%
African American	74%	14%	8%	1%	1%	2%
Other	40%	24%	15%	6%	9%	6%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

June 10 to 12, 2020

Number of respondents

1,303 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "In general, do you support or oppose each of the following during the ongoing protests in response to the death of George Floyd and others in the African American community? The protest in general"
Values may not total 100 percent due to rounding.

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