Poll: US voters want to remove Southern statues

Quinnipiac University regularly conducts surveys among American voters. In a survey conducted 9 - 13 July this year, the question was asked:

"Do you support the removal of southern state statues from public places around the country?"

54 percent of the respondents answered that they were in favor of a removal and 40 percent were against. Among young people aged 18-34, 75 percent were in favor of removing southern state statues, and among black Americans surveyed, 82 percent were in favor of removal.

In August 2017, a minority - 39 percent - were in favor of removing sewing statues and 50 percent were against.

In late June, the state of Mississippi Congress decided to remove the southern state flag from the state flag.

According to Quinnipac's survey, it is associated with racism by 56 percent of polling Americans. 35 percent associated it with pride in the southern states. Even among the inhabitants of the south, a majority, 55 percent, associated the southern state flag with racism.

1273 Americans who themselves stated that they had registered to vote responded to the survey.

The issue of statues depicting generals fighting for the southern states during the Civil War has been an infected issue for several years. The southern states were in favor of preserving slavery during the American Civil War and the northern states were opposed.