Do you favor the 3 strikes and you're out laws, where violent criminals are sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of a third violent offense?

 

Black Population

General Population

 

Yes

%

No

%

D/K

%

(N)

Yes

%

No

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

72.6

19.8

7.6

750

81.7

14.0

4.3

750

Men

Women

70.7

74.3

22.8

17.0

6.4

8.7

356

394

80.1

83.3

15.1

13.0

4.8

3.7

365

385

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

70.3

74.0

73.4

75.9

70.9

19.8

23.6

19.5

16.4

17.3

9.9

2.4

7.1

7.7

11.8

91

159

198

135

161

73.4

83.0

80.5

82.9

84.5

20.2

15.4

14.0

14.5

9.9

6.4

1.6

5.4

2.5

5.6

73

123

218

159

169

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

72.8

68.9

74.5

69.4

20.2

23.6

18.2

19.4

7.0

7.6

7.3

11.1

143

147

388

72

78.4

84.1

82.8

80.5

17.2

14.3

11.6

14.5

4.3

1.6

5.6

5.0

162

181

256

151

Liberal

Moderate

Secular conservative

Christian conservative

74.0

70.5

62.7

79.9

17.9

24.9

30.8

13.3

8.1

4.6

6.5

6.8

236

240

52

165

76.1

87.0

77.0

83.9

18.3

10.1

18.7

12.1

5.5

2.9

4.3

4.1

174

236

97

199

Democrat

Independent

Republican

72.8

68.5

76.9

19.6

24.1

16.9

7.6

7.4

6.2

607

54

65

81.6

81.6

83.8

13.7

16.1

11.9

4.7

2.3

4.3

342

87

302

Less than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech

College Degree+

74.8

78.3

67.3

69.5

15.7

18.5

23.6

19.1

9.6

3.3

9.1

11.3

115

276

208

141

79.0

86.1

81.8

79.7

14.5

11.7

13.6

15.4

6.5

2.2

4.7

5.0

62

223

214

241

Big city

Suburbs

Mid-size city

Small Town

Rural

73.5

71.2

71.1

70.2

76.9

17.1

21.9

23.5

23.8

15.4

9.4

6.8

5.3

6.0

7.7

374

73

187

84

26

80.0

80.9

82.1

83.6

81.7

13.6

16.9

13.7

12.3

11.3

6.4

2.2

4.2

4.1

7.0

110

183

168

171

115

Less than $15,000

$15-$35,000

$35-$60,000

$60-$75,000

$75-$90,000

More than $90,000

75.4

75.0

70.2

71.5

62.0

94.5

17.5

19.0

21.9

20.4

38.0

5.5

7.1

6.1

7.9

8.1

C

C

144

231

190

49

21

17

83.4

81.4

81.6

82.6

94.2

83.0

11.0

16.2

13.8

12.6

5.8

14.1

5.6

2.4

4.6

4.8

C

2.9

65

171

227

64

34

62