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New Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Government Restrictions on Speech — Split on Kimmel’s Suspension
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A recent poll showed that while Americans are overwhelmingly against government restrictions on free speech, their views on the temporary suspension of late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel were more varied, with noticeable differences along party lines.
Two of the questions focused on recent free speech controversies.
Independents showed the strongest opposition to government restrictions on free speech, with 84% saying no, 4% saying yes, and 12% didn’t know.
as “an infringement on free speech” (41%), as compared to “a reasonable response under the circumstances” (29%), neither (14%), or I don’t know (16%).
For the overall sample, 47% said no, 18% said yes, and 35% didn’t know.