Voters Still Cling to Free Speech, But Younger Voters Not So Sure - Demographic Details
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| National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted December 6-7, 2020 By The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Income | Employment | Which is better – a free-market economic system or socialism? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No College Degree | College Degree | Less than $50K | $50K-100K | $100K+ | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | A free-market economic system | Socialism | ||
| Should federal or state governments ban speech by individuals that a majority of Americans believes to be offensive, including speech on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter? | Yes | 26% | 30% | 22% | 37% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 35% | 36% | 30% | 22% | 34% | 22% | 25% | 26% | 30% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 30% | 27% | 38% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 21% | 26% | 32% |
| No | 56% | 56% | 56% | 51% | 62% | 50% | 60% | 45% | 51% | 49% | 64% | 42% | 64% | 62% | 54% | 49% | 55% | 58% | 56% | 53% | 57% | 52% | 59% | 58% | 49% | 61% | 60% | 51% | |
| Not sure | 18% | 14% | 22% | 13% | 16% | 30% | 18% | 20% | 12% | 21% | 14% | 24% | 14% | 13% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 27% | 18% | 14% | 17% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Education | Income | Employment | Which is better – a free-market economic system or socialism? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | No College Degree | College Degree | Less than $50K | $50K-100K | $100K+ | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | A free-market economic system | Socialism | ||
| Should those who violate such bans against offensive speech be punished with jail time? | Yes | 23% | 28% | 19% | 32% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 34% | 24% | 34% | 24% | 28% | 17% | 28% | 20% | 21% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 30% | 37% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| No | 55% | 55% | 55% | 51% | 59% | 53% | 57% | 48% | 57% | 48% | 58% | 48% | 62% | 57% | 53% | 54% | 53% | 59% | 54% | 61% | 49% | 47% | 56% | 60% | 53% | 53% | 59% | 45% | |
| Not sure | 21% | 17% | 26% | 17% | 22% | 27% | 23% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 18% | 25% | 22% | 15% | 27% | 25% | 22% | 20% | 23% | 18% | 21% | 16% | 22% | 18% | 25% | 26% | 17% | 28% | |
| Survey Demographics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Men | 48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | 52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 18-39 | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 46% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 22% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 67% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | 36% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 38% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 26% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | No College Degree | 59% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College Degree | 41% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
