How informed are Americans about race and policing?

Research Report: CUPES-007

February 20, 2021

Research Question

This is the seventh report from the Civil Unrest and Presidential Election Study. In this report, we investigate a complex and defining issue of 2020 (and, no doubt, many years ahead): race and policing. Amidst calls to "defund" and reform police agencies, informed understandings of police-citizen interactions are crucial. So, here we ask the question: across the political spectrum, how knowledgeable are people when it comes to the available data on fatal police shootings of Black Americans?

Methodology Data Source

o Civil Unrest a...