Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for November 13, 2017
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November 13, 2017: Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Americans believe that “the political climate these days prevents me from saying things I believe because others might find them offensive.” A Cato Institute study finds that 40% do not feel constrained.[1]
Most liberals do not feel constrained by the political environment. Among strong liberals, just 30% believe they are prevented from saying what they believe. Among other liberals, 45% express that concern.
However, the reverse is true for conservatives. Seventy-six percent (76%) of strong conservatives and 70% of other conservatives believe that the political environment prevents them from saying what they believe.
As for political moderates, 57% believe that they cannot say what they believe in the current political environment. Forty-one percent (41%) of moderates are not concerned.
“Nearly three-fourths (71%) of Americans believe that political correctness has done more to silence important discussions our society needs to have.” Cato notes that just 28% “instead believe that political correctness has done more to help people avoid offending others.”
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