UMass Amherst/WCVB Poll Finds Wide Support for a Slate of Reforms to Make Voting Easier, as Well as Enacting Voter ID Requirements umass.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from umass.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While President Joe Biden receives overall majority approval for his performance during his first 100 days in office, a new nationwide UMass Amherst / WCVB poll released today also found that fully one-third of Americans continue to view his presidency as illegitimate.
Alexander Theodoridis
Results of a new nationwide University of Massachusetts Amherst / WCVB poll released today show that a wide majority of Americans polled in the days immediately following the Derek Chauvin trial believe that the guilty verdict against the former Minneapolis police officer in the murder of George Floyd was justified and that he received a fair trial. A plurality of the poll’s respondents also believes an appropriate sentence for Chauvin would be the maximum length he faces – 40 years in prison.
The national poll of 1,000 respondents, conducted April 21-23, found that nearly 70% believe his verdict was justified, with 55% saying that it was “definitely” justified. When asked if Chauvin received a fair trial, 60% replied that he had, while 22% said that he had not.
This May 25, 2020, file image from a police body camera shows bystanders including Alyssa Funari, left filming, Charles McMillan, center left in light colored shorts, Christopher Martin center in gray, Donald Williams, center in black, Genevieve Hansen, fourth from right filming, Darnella Frazier, third from right filming, as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was recorded pressing his knee on George Floyd s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds in Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police Department via AP
âSurprising agreement.â Thatâs how a University of Massachusetts Amherst pollster describes results of a national survey that asked Americans about the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial last week.