Public Opinion on keeping or removing Confederate monuments

[Andersonh1]

Winthrop Poll: Remove Confederate monuments? South is split

December 19, 2018

https://apnews.com/f7735f65deb042a1b5c930675f994d05

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Residents in the South are split on what to do with controversial monuments to Civil War and segregation-era figures. Most respondents in a new poll by Winthrop University want to do something about the monuments, but they don’t agree on what.

Meanwhile, a large number of respondents told Winthrop to leave monuments to Confederate soldiers right where they are.

Forty-two percent of Southerners said to leave Civil War memorials alone, according to the poll released Wednesday. While 28 percent said to add a plaque for context and historical interpretation, nearly one-fourth want to move the statutes to a museum. Only 5 percent want to remove them completely.

All told, 56 percent want to do something other than simply leave the monuments and statues as they are, but these folks are very divided on what should be done,” Winthrop poll director Scott Huffmon said. “A strong plurality advocate leaving them as they are.”

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The poll contacted residents in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The sample size does not allow for breakdowns by individual states, Winthrop said.​

 

[Andersonh1]

Polls Find Little Support For Confederate Statue Removal — But How You Ask Matters

Aug 23, 2017

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/confederate-statues-removal-polls_n_599de056e4b05710aa59841c

Americans are generally unsupportive of attempts to remove memorials honoring Confederate leaders, new polling shows ― although the way the question is framed may make a significant difference.

In a new HuffPost/YouGov poll, a third of Americans favor removing statues and memorials of Confederate leaders, with 49 percent opposed. Just 29 percent of Americans favor changing the names of streets, schools and buildings commemorating Confederate leaders, while half are opposed.

Those surveyed are effectively split on whether the Confederate flag is more a symbol of Southern pride (36 percent) or racism (35 percent), with the rest unsure or saying it represents neither. But even if Americans don’t overwhelmingly recognize the flag as a symbol of racism, there’s also little widespread enthusiasm for its use. Just 34 percent of Americans say they approve of displaying the Confederate flag in public, while 47 percent disapprove.​

 

[Andersonh1]

N.C. residents support keeping Confederate monuments in place

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

https://www.elon.edu/u/elon-poll/elon-poll-confederate-statues-and-monuments/

There is strong support among North Carolina residents to keep Confederate statues and monuments on public property, even as another monument at the center of a prolonged legal battle has come down, according to the results of a new survey by the Elon University Poll.

Early Wednesday morning, the Confederate statue in downtown Pittsboro in Chatham County was removed from its place in front of the county courthouse following recent court rulings and clashes between demonstrators. But a recent Elon University Poll survey has found that a solid majority of North Carolinians believe those symbols should remain.

The survey of nearly 1,500 North Carolina residents found that nearly two-thirds (65 percent) believe that Confederate monuments should remain on public, government-owned property such as parks, city squares and courthouses. The remaining 35 percent say the monuments should be removed.

“Our findings suggest that a compromise might have broad support in local communities grappling with controversies about Confederate monuments,” said Jason Husser, director of the Elon University Poll and associate professor of political science. “While we found a substantial majority do not want the monuments removed from public property, we found an even larger majority who support efforts to add context through historical plaques.”

The survey gauged support for other steps that could be taken regarding Confederate monuments, with 72 percent saying adding plaques that offer historical context to the monument was a good idea. Sixty-five percent said moving the monuments and statues to history museums was a good idea, 55 percent said it would be a good idea to move them to Confederate cemeteries or memorials, and 37 percent said it would be a good idea to replace them with monuments to honor Southerners who fought to end slavery.​

 

[rittmeister]

N.C. residents support keeping Confederate monuments in place

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

https://www.elon.edu/u/elon-poll/elon-poll-confederate-statues-and-monuments/

There is strong support among North Carolina residents to keep Confederate statues and monuments on public property, even as another monument at the center of a prolonged legal battle has come down, according to the results of a new survey by the Elon University Poll.

Early Wednesday morning, the Confederate statue in downtown Pittsboro in Chatham County was removed from its place in front of the county courthouse following recent court rulings and clashes between demonstrators. But a recent Elon University Poll survey has found that a solid majority of North Carolinians believe those symbols should remain.

The survey of nearly 1,500 North Carolina residents found that nearly two-thirds (65 percent) believe that Confederate monuments should remain on public, government-owned property such as parks, city squares and courthouses. The remaining 35 percent say the monuments should be removed.

“Our findings suggest that a compromise might have broad support in local communities grappling with controversies about Confederate monuments,” said Jason Husser, director of the Elon University Poll and associate professor of political science. “While we found a substantial majority do not want the monuments removed from public property, we found an even larger majority who support efforts to add context through historical plaques.”

The survey gauged support for other steps that could be taken regarding Confederate monuments, with 72 percent saying adding plaques that offer historical context to the monument was a good idea. Sixty-five percent said moving the monuments and statues to history museums was a good idea, 55 percent said it would be a good idea to move them to Confederate cemeteries or memorials, and 37 percent said it would be a good idea to replace them with monuments to honor Southerners who fought to end slavery.​

it's up to the state then - forget about the locals?

 

[Andersonh1]

it's up to the state then - forget about the locals?

Not the point of this thread. The point of this thread is simply to find out what the public thinks about this issue. There are a lot of claims, so it's useful to actually go find where people have actually been asked the question.

 

[Andersonh1]

https://www.politifact.com/texas/st...ller-poll-shows-70-percent-75-percent-americ/

 

[Andersonh1]

Polls shows majority of Americans think Confederate statues should remain

August 21, 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...icans-think-confederate-statues-should-remain

A majority of Americans think Confederate monuments should be preserved in public spaces, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll, a view that is at odds with efforts in many cities to remove them.

The 18-21 August poll found that 54% of adults said Confederate monuments “should remain in all public spaces”, while 27% said they “should be removed from all public spaces”. Another 19% said they “don’t know”

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The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathering responses from 2,149 people, including 874 Democrats and 763 Republicans. It has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of two percentage points for the entire group and four percentage points for the Democrats and Republicans.​

 

[jgoodguy]

I've about 100 very long academic political science papers on why polls over 60 days old are crap I can post.

To Inform of course.

 

[Andersonh1]

Polls are a snapshot of a moment in time. As always, a series of snapshots and a larger amount of evidence over time is more useful than taking a single poll and claiming it answers the question.

 

[Andersonh1]

Poll: Most Tennesseeans oppose Confederate statue removal

July 19, 2019

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/vide...nnesseeans-oppose-confederate-statue-removal/

In regards to the heated issue of Confederate monuments, 67% of Tennessee voters oppose their removal, including 52% who strongly oppose, against 33% of voters who support their removal.​

 

[jgoodguy]

Poll: Most Tennesseeans oppose Confederate statue removal

July 19, 2019

https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/vide...nnesseeans-oppose-confederate-statue-removal/

In regards to the heated issue of Confederate monuments, 67% of Tennessee voters oppose their removal, including 52% who strongly oppose, against 33% of voters who support their removal.​

Better--only 6 months old. Let's look a newspaper article about a month old.

Parks thrive after removing Confederate statues | TheHill
https://thehill.com › changing-america › respect › equality › 475498-mem...
Dec 21, 2019 - Officials in Memphis, Tenn., found a clever loophole that allowed them to remove two Confederate s

In the past two years, Jefferson Davis Park underwent a transformation to become River Garden. In its first year, River Garden has quickly become the most popular and active park on the riverfront. Confederate Park became Memphis Park, Nathan Bedford Forrest Park became Health Sciences Park and, this fall, a renovation removed the remaining base of the former statue of Davis. The park is slated to reopen this January after a light touch remake.

Definitive proof that the effort is working came just eight months after the memorials were taken down, when Memphis’ inaugural Dîner En Blanc, a “chic picnic” dinner, attracted more than 1,000 people to Memphis Park.

In just two short years, Memphis has turned these formerly abandoned and divisive spaces into revitalized, thriving and welcoming gathering places, used by thousands of people, visitors and residents of a majority African American city.​

 

[Kirk's Raider's]

Not the point of this thread. The point of this thread is simply to find out what the public thinks about this issue. There are a lot of claims, so it's useful to actually go find where people have actually been asked the question.

If the majority of people in a given city or county wanted to tear down the Confederate Statute's on public land I don't see a problem with that.
A state has no business telling the locals what to do with the statues.
If folks want Confederate statues in their public lands then that's fine as well. If they get boycotted that's also quite fine.
Kirk's Raiders

 

[Andersonh1]

Thanks to fellow board member Tom for this one:

2017 NPR/PBS/Marist Poll
Question about Confederate monuments
.................................Remain............Remove............Unsure
White............................67%.................25%..................8%
African American.........44%.................40%................16%
Latino...........................65%..................24%................11%

See Page 9-
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-con... of the Sample and Tables_August 17, 2017.pdf

 

[Kirk's Raider's]

Thanks to fellow board member Tom for this one:

2017 NPR/PBS/Marist Poll
Question about Confederate monuments
.................................Remain............Remove............Unsure
White............................67%.................25%..................8%
African American.........44%.................40%................16%
Latino...........................65%..................24%................11%

See Page 9-
http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-con... of the Sample and Tables_August 17, 2017.pdf

Again the issue of Statute's is best left to the community not a state or nation.
Kirk's Raiders

 

[Andersonh1]

Again the issue of Statute's is best left to the community not a state or nation.
Kirk's Raiders

A valid discussion topic for another thread. This one's just for opinion polls.

 

[rittmeister]

A valid discussion topic for another thread. This one's just for opinion polls.

why? i'm all for polling the locals not the entire state or even the country i don't think a poll among alaskans about confederate monuments is relevant at all.http://www.monstersmilies.to/gallery/details.php?image_id=8661

 

[Andersonh1]

why? i'm all for polling the locals not the entire state or even the country i don't think a poll among alaskans about confederate monuments is relevant at all.

Because we can talk all we want about "public opinion", but there's only support for those discussions if we've actually found some numbers.

 

[rittmeister]

Because we can talk all we want about "public opinion", but there's only support for those discussions if we've actually found some numbers.

in my book we should talk about relevant public opinion i.e. those of the locals

 

[Viper21]

why? i'm all for polling the locals not the entire state or even the country i don't think a poll among alaskans about confederate monuments is relevant at all.

Neither is an opinion among Germans about Confederate monuments.

 

[rittmeister]

Neither is an opinion among Germans about Confederate monuments.

did anybody quote a poll among germans? this is about polls not opinions on the matter, isn't it?


... btw, i didn't offer an opinion on the matter because it were

1. off-topic
2. irrelevant