George Floyd protesters: opinion on intent by ethnicity U.S. 2020

As of early June 2020, 53 percent of African-American adults surveyed believed that most the protesters responding to the death of George Floyd are peaceful and wanting to bring about meaningful social reforms, with only a minority trying to incite violence or destroy property. This compares to 43 percent of white Americans surveyed, and 40 percent of Hispanics.

Opinion of U.S. adults on the intent of the protesters participating in the ongoing protests in response to the death of George Floyd as of June 2020, by ethnicity

Characteristic	White	Hispanic	African-American	Other
Most of the current protesters are peaceful	43%	40%	53%	47%
Most of the current protesters are trying to incite violence or destroy property	44%	43%	31%	35%
Don't know/no opinion	13%	17%	16%	18%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 31 to June 1, 2020

Number of respondents

1,990 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Which of the following comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right?"
Original responses: "Most of the current protesters are peaceful and want to bring about meaningful social reform, even though some are trying to incite violence or destroy property."
"Most of the current protesters are trying to incite violence or destroy property, even though some are peaceful and want to bring about meaningful social reform."

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