Overview
- Fifty-three percent of voters in a new Quinnipiac survey say they are pessimistic that freedom of speech is being protected in the United States.
- Forty-three percent report optimism on speech protections and 3 percent were unsure or did not respond.
- Nearly 80 percent of respondents say the country is in a political crisis, according to the same poll.
- The national poll was conducted Sept. 18–21, included 1,276 respondents, and carries a 3.3-point margin of error.
- The results follow controversy over ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel after comments about reactions to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, an episode that drew an FCC chair rebuke, and President Trump criticized ABC for “giving Jimmy Kimmel his job back” in a Truth Social post.