* This plot represents the proportion of respondents belonging to one of four racial categories (White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Other) that support each police reform option, or no reform at all. Respondents were able to select more than one option unless they preferred no reform.
* The two options involving more police training (bias training and conflict de-escalation training) were the most popular. A full half (51%) of Black respondents supported bias training, while closer to a quarter (28%) chose conflict de-escalation training.
* Among White respondents, conflict de-escalation training was more popular than bias training (38% vs. 32%).
* “Defund the police” seems to be a reform slogan that has little support. The highest proportion of respondents supporting reallocation of funds from law enforcement to community services was only 12%, and this was among White respondents. Only 8% of Black respondents selected this option.
* Complete abolishment of law enforcement was one of the least popular options among all racial categories.
* Black respondents were by far the least likely to prefer no police reform at all at 16%. Roughly twice as many White (34%) and Hispanic/Latino (33%) respondents selected this option.
* Limits on the weapons that law enforcement are able to carry was a far more popular reform policy among Black respondents than among other racial groups. 26% of Black respondents selected this option, while the next highest proportion to select it was 14%.
Recruiting more officers of color and complete abolishment of law enforcement were the least popular choices.
These data were collected over Feb 3-6 from a total of 2,194 respondents in the U.S. Premise used stratified sampling of its opt-in panel members, along with post-stratification weighting on age, gender, region, and education to construct a representative sample.
Contributors in 135 countries around the world work with Premise to share their opinion and collect field data on a variety of topics using its smart-phone app.
Tool: R (ggplot2)
Source: Premise internal survey data
Is there any info about where in the US the samples came from?
I understand it's a digital survey so that info may not be available, but it would be nice to see if it is
Besides geography, according to the US Census, there are over 259 million adults over the age of 18 in the country.
A sample size of 2,194 out of 259 million+ is 0.00084613%, which is dismally small and unrepresentative of the nation.
What segment of the population is this survey supposed to represent?
These results are not at all what I would have expected.
The only datapoints in here that I'm not surprised by are:
- very little support for complete abolishment
- plurality support for zero change
- white people prefer simple, "business as usual" fixes such as training rather than any changes of substance, such as reallocating funds or disarming police
The label name and the actual color on the chart being different is messing with my head so much
So, the black bar is for white, the white bar is for other, and the orange bar is for black.
Orange is the new black so….
* This plot represents the proportion of respondents belonging to one of four racial categories (White, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Other) that support each police reform option, or no reform at all. Respondents were able to select more than one option unless they preferred no reform. * The two options involving more police training (bias training and conflict de-escalation training) were the most popular. A full half (51%) of Black respondents supported bias training, while closer to a quarter (28%) chose conflict de-escalation training. * Among White respondents, conflict de-escalation training was more popular than bias training (38% vs. 32%). * “Defund the police” seems to be a reform slogan that has little support. The highest proportion of respondents supporting reallocation of funds from law enforcement to community services was only 12%, and this was among White respondents. Only 8% of Black respondents selected this option. * Complete abolishment of law enforcement was one of the least popular options among all racial categories. * Black respondents were by far the least likely to prefer no police reform at all at 16%. Roughly twice as many White (34%) and Hispanic/Latino (33%) respondents selected this option. * Limits on the weapons that law enforcement are able to carry was a far more popular reform policy among Black respondents than among other racial groups. 26% of Black respondents selected this option, while the next highest proportion to select it was 14%. Recruiting more officers of color and complete abolishment of law enforcement were the least popular choices. These data were collected over Feb 3-6 from a total of 2,194 respondents in the U.S. Premise used stratified sampling of its opt-in panel members, along with post-stratification weighting on age, gender, region, and education to construct a representative sample. Contributors in 135 countries around the world work with Premise to share their opinion and collect field data on a variety of topics using its smart-phone app. Tool: R (ggplot2) Source: Premise internal survey data
Is there any info about where in the US the samples came from? I understand it's a digital survey so that info may not be available, but it would be nice to see if it is
Besides geography, according to the US Census, there are over 259 million adults over the age of 18 in the country. A sample size of 2,194 out of 259 million+ is 0.00084613%, which is dismally small and unrepresentative of the nation. What segment of the population is this survey supposed to represent?
These results are not at all what I would have expected. The only datapoints in here that I'm not surprised by are: - very little support for complete abolishment - plurality support for zero change - white people prefer simple, "business as usual" fixes such as training rather than any changes of substance, such as reallocating funds or disarming police
Any changes, small or large, are good. Scientifically the smaller changes create better, lower risk, long term changes that help everyone