72% Say ‘Cancel Culture’ Is Out of Control - Demographic Details

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National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Adults	National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Adults
Conducted October 27-28, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports	Conducted October 27-28, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports and National Pulse
		Total	Gender		Age			<40>				Race			Party			Married		Children at Home		Income						Employment					Investor			How familiar are you with the concept of “cancel culture”?					“Cancel culture” describes a form of censorship that harms the careers and reputations of public figures for doing or saying things that are considered offensive. Has “cancel culture” gotten out of control?			Which is more important, protecting people from speech that is offensive, or protecting freedom of speech?
		Adults	Men	Women	18-39	40-64	65+	< Men	Men 40+	< Wom	Wom 40+	White	Black	Other	Republican	Democrat	Other	Married	Non Married	Yes	No	Under $30K	$30K-$50K	$50K-$100K	$100K-$200K	$200K+	Not sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Prvt. Co.	Retired	Other	Yes	No	Not sure	Very familiar	Somewhat familiar	Not very familiar	Not at all familiar	Not sure	Yes	No	Not sure	Protecting people from speech that is offensive	Protecting freedom of speech	Not sure
How familiar are you with the concept of “cancel culture”?	Very familiar	53%	56%	49%	51%	57%	45%	60%	55%	53%	48%	52%	54%	52%	56%	56%	47%	56%	48%	50%	54%	42%	48%	53%	69%	71%	59%	61%	59%	58%	47%	42%	60%	47%	39%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	56%	57%	25%	55%	54%	36%
	Somewhat familiar	24%	25%	23%	25%	22%	27%	27%	25%	20%	23%	25%	17%	25%	24%	25%	23%	25%	23%	24%	24%	21%	27%	29%	22%	22%	9%	27%	23%	24%	27%	21%	25%	22%	31%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	27%	17%	16%	20%	25%	22%
	Not very familiar	10%	10%	9%	10%	8%	13%	8%	11%	9%	10%	10%	16%	6%	9%	8%	12%	8%	12%	11%	9%	13%	10%	10%	4%	3%	8%	6%	10%	8%	14%	10%	7%	12%	12%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	8%	9%	21%	10%	9%	13%
	Not at all familiar	9%	6%	12%	11%	9%	7%	2%	7%	12%	12%	9%	10%	9%	7%	9%	11%	7%	12%	11%	8%	18%	8%	4%	5%	3%	13%	2%	6%	8%	9%	18%	4%	15%	5%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	6%	13%	24%	10%	8%	15%
	Not sure	5%	3%	6%	3%	5%	7%	2%	3%	5%	7%	4%	3%	7%	4%	1%	8%	4%	5%	3%	5%	5%	5%	4%	1%	2%	11%	5%	2%	2%	4%	10%	3%	5%	13%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	3%	4%	14%	5%	3%	14%

		Total	Gender		Age			<40>				Race			Party			Married		Children at Home		Income						Employment					Investor			How familiar are you with the concept of “cancel culture”?					“Cancel culture” describes a form of censorship that harms the careers and reputations of public figures for doing or saying things that are considered offensive. Has “cancel culture” gotten out of control?			Which is more important, protecting people from speech that is offensive, or protecting freedom of speech?
		Adults	Men	Women	18-39	40-64	65+	< Men	Men 40+	< Wom	Wom 40+	White	Black	Other	Republican	Democrat	Other	Married	Non Married	Yes	No	Under $30K	$30K-$50K	$50K-$100K	$100K-$200K	$200K+	Not sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Prvt. Co.	Retired	Other	Yes	No	Not sure	Very familiar	Somewhat familiar	Not very familiar	Not at all familiar	Not sure	Yes	No	Not sure	Protecting people from speech that is offensive	Protecting freedom of speech	Not sure
“Cancel culture” describes a form of censorship that harms the careers and reputations of public figures for doing or saying things that are considered offensive. Has “cancel culture” gotten out of control?	Yes	72%	75%	70%	74%	71%	71%	81%	73%	73%	69%	71%	73%	76%	86%	60%	74%	74%	70%	74%	72%	65%	74%	81%	74%	75%	58%	75%	74%	74%	73%	68%	77%	68%	71%	78%	81%	59%	45%	49%	100%	0%	0%	56%	80%	39%
	No	15%	14%	16%	16%	16%	10%	13%	15%	16%	16%	17%	14%	10%	8%	24%	12%	15%	15%	13%	16%	15%	12%	12%	22%	21%	19%	16%	14%	16%	10%	18%	14%	17%	6%	16%	10%	14%	22%	14%	0%	100%	0%	33%	10%	23%
	Not sure	13%	11%	14%	10%	12%	19%	6%	12%	11%	15%	12%	13%	14%	6%	16%	14%	11%	15%	13%	12%	20%	14%	8%	4%	4%	23%	9%	12%	10%	17%	13%	8%	15%	23%	6%	8%	27%	33%	37%	0%	0%	100%	11%	10%	37%

		Total	Gender		Age			<40>				Race			Party			Married		Children at Home		Income						Employment					Investor			How familiar are you with the concept of “cancel culture”?					“Cancel culture” describes a form of censorship that harms the careers and reputations of public figures for doing or saying things that are considered offensive. Has “cancel culture” gotten out of control?			Which is more important, protecting people from speech that is offensive, or protecting freedom of speech?
		Adults	Men	Women	18-39	40-64	65+	< Men	Men 40+	< Wom	Wom 40+	White	Black	Other	Republican	Democrat	Other	Married	Non Married	Yes	No	Under $30K	$30K-$50K	$50K-$100K	$100K-$200K	$200K+	Not sure	Gov't	Entrepreneur	Prvt. Co.	Retired	Other	Yes	No	Not sure	Very familiar	Somewhat familiar	Not very familiar	Not at all familiar	Not sure	Yes	No	Not sure	Protecting people from speech that is offensive	Protecting freedom of speech	Not sure
Which is more important, protecting people from speech that is offensive, or protecting freedom of speech?	Protecting people from speech that is offensive	16%	14%	18%	21%	14%	11%	22%	12%	24%	16%	14%	18%	19%	9%	27%	11%	15%	16%	17%	15%	19%	15%	15%	16%	12%	13%	19%	11%	19%	15%	15%	14%	18%	11%	17%	13%	16%	18%	17%	12%	35%	14%	100%	0%	0%
	Protecting freedom of speech	75%	78%	71%	70%	78%	78%	72%	80%	67%	73%	76%	73%	71%	85%	61%	80%	77%	72%	74%	75%	69%	78%	75%	78%	84%	70%	75%	79%	73%	75%	74%	78%	72%	77%	77%	78%	71%	67%	55%	83%	51%	58%	0%	100%	0%
	Not sure	9%	8%	11%	10%	9%	10%	7%	8%	9%	11%	9%	8%	10%	6%	12%	10%	7%	12%	9%	10%	12%	7%	9%	6%	4%	17%	5%	9%	8%	11%	11%	8%	10%	12%	6%	9%	13%	15%	28%	5%	15%	28%	0%	0%	100%

Survey Demographics

		Total
		LV's
Gender	Male	49%
Gender	Female	51%

		Total
		LV's
Age	18-39	39%
	40-64	43%
	65+	18%

		Total
		LV's
Race	White	64%
	Black	12%
	Other	24%

		Total
		LV's
Party	Republican	28%
	Democrat	35%
	Other	37%

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72% Say ‘Cancel Culture’ Is Out of Control - Demographic Details