Do you favor the death penalty for persons convicted of first degree murder?

 

Black Population

General Population

 

Yes

%

No

%

D/K

%

(N)

Yes

%

No

%

D/K

%

(N)

Total

48.0

37.4

14.5

750

72.1

17.9

10.0

750

Men

Women

56.1

40.8

35.4

39.3

8.6

19.9

356

394

78.8

65.8

16.4

19.3

4.8

14.9

365

385

18-25

26-35

36-50

51-64

65+

57.2

53.0

49.4

45.1

39.8

31.9

34.2

36.5

41.2

39.9

10.9

12.7

14.0

13.7

20.3

91

159

198

135

161

71.8

75.2

72.9

72.2

68.6

20.2

18.9

16.3

19.0

17.5

8.0

5.8

10.8

8.8

13.9

73

123

218

159

169

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

58.7

35.2

48.9

48.6

32.9

46.7

36.6

31.9

8.4

18.1

14.5

19.4

143

147

388

72

71.4

67.6

73.3

76.2

17.6

22.0

17.0

14.9

11.0

10.4

9.7

8.9

162

181

256

151

Liberal

Moderate

Secular conservative

Christian conservative

49.3

43.0

52.2

51.4

35.4

44.8

41.4

32.3

15.2

12.2

6.5

16.2

236

240

52

165

60.8

74.1

82.9

75.6

25.4

17.3

13.6

14.2

13.8

8.6

3.5

10.2

174

236

97

199

Democrat

Independent

Republican

46.6

48.1

61.5

39.2

37.0

27.7

14.2

14.8

10.8

607

54

65

63.2

73.6

82.5

25.4

13.8

10.9

11.4

12.6

6.6

342

87

302

Less than HS

HS Graduate

Some College/Tech

College Degree+

49.6

52.2

43.3

47.5

38.3

33.0

40.9

40.4

12.2

14.9

15.9

12.1

115

276

208

141

74.2

73.1

74.8

67.6

21.0

14.3

15.4

23.7

4.8

12.6

9.8

8.7

62

223

214

241

Big city

Suburbs

Mid-size city

Small Town

Rural

50.0

50.7

47.6

44.0

46.2

35.0

30.1

41.2

45.2

34.6

15.0

19.2

11.2

10.7

19.2

374

73

187

84

26

60.0

72.1

78.0

72.5

74.8

21.8

19.1

17.3

17.0

14.8

18.2

8.7

4.8

10.5

10.4

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

48.7

46.8

49.5

50.9

38.5

41.2

36.3

39.5

34.4

38.5

51.5

41.0

15.0

13.7

16.1

10.6

10.0

17.8

144

231

190

49

21

17

68.7

74.4

73.7

67.0

62.3

85.9

22.1

17.6

16.5

22.3

19.2

10.8

9.2

8.0

9.7

10.7

18.5

3.3

65

171

227

64

34

62