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Defund the Police Movement, Antifa Are Very Unpopular: Epoch Times/Big Data Poll

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A new poll found that the movement to “defund the police” that was pushed heavily during Black Lives Matter protests and far-left extremist group Antifa are both highly unpopular among Americans.

The Epoch Times National Poll conducted by Big Data Poll found that American voters overwhelmingly reject the “defund the police” movement, with 61 percent opposing the call and 24 percent supporting it.

Following George Floyds death in Minneapolis in May, numerous Black Lives Matter protesters and far-left activists asserted that police departments need to be defunded or even abolished. Several Democratic-led city councils around the United States passed measures to remove funding for police or started the process of dismantling departments, including in Seattle, New York City, and Minneapolis, among others.

Meanwhile, The Epoch Times/Big Data poll found that support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) is waning as a whole. About 42 percent of respondents have a favorable view of the movement and organization, while the poll also found that 41 percent found it unfavorable. Another 15 percent said they have no opinion of BLM whatsoever, and 2 percent said they never heard of it.

There was a clear shift in opinion when comparing favorables during the first and second waves of polling. In the first wave, conducted on Aug. 26–28, 43 percent (43.3 percent) held a favorable view of the group, while 40 percent (39.6 percent) held an unfavorable view. By the second wave, conducted on Aug. 28–30, the group was underwater 9 points at 38 percent favorable to 47 percent unfavorable (37.5 percent to 47.3 percent), the poll found.

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Thousands of people protest to defund the police in support of Black Lives Matter in Toronto, Canada, on June 19, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

Antifa was found to be widely unpopular, and 53 percent of poll respondents said they have an unfavorable view of the group. Only 11 percent of poll respondents had a favorable view. Twenty percent said they have no opinion, and 17 percent of voters have never heard of it, according to the poll.

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump and Republicans seized on the “defund” calls, saying that Democrats are tacitly supporting riots, arson incidents, looting, and anarchy in the wake of Floyds death. In August, a Democratic Party spokeswoman, Xochitl Hinojosa, told reporters that the party and presidential candidate Joe Biden do not “support defunding the police and I dont know how many times we have to say this on this network or others, but that is the case.”

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