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Donations to Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund slowed, then surged (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] finitebanjo -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

Here is an Emerson Poll that found TOTAL 17% of people agree the killing was justified, and the highest demographic was young people with 41% (still not a majority). https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/united-healthcare-ceo-killing-poll

The poll was about a week after the killing.

Another small poll of college students found this:

according to a poll conducted by College Pulse and shared with Newsweek—32 percent of survey participants said he should be sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole; 14 percent chose life imprisonment without the chance of parole; 26 percent preferred a fixed-term prison sentence; and 2 percent believed he should get the death penalty. The remaining respondents chose "other" or "no opinion."

[–] Regrettable_incident 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hmm that's interesting. My impression was that approval was much higher, anecdotal of course tho and not really representative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

This just in: most people will not admit to being +1 to killings on the record woth their actual name attached.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Never heard of Emerson but I would be asking who paid for that poll? Did they have a vested interest in playing down support? Has the poll been manipulated to get the best charts etc.

PragerU puts out lots of polls, but it doesn’t mean they’re valid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

You dont need to worry about the validity. Most people are going to lie to pollsters about this topic. No one with two brain cells would go on the record with their real name to being okay with murder.

[–] finitebanjo 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Emerson College was established in Boston, Massachussets in 1880

Their "About Us"

The Polling Center is a non-partisan organization dedicated to accurately reflecting populations through public opinion research. Established 25 years ago as a classroom exercise, in 2012 Emerson College Polling was transformed into an innovative, nationally-ranked polling center. Emerson College Polling conducts research on civic behavior, polling methodology, public health, and public policy.

Emerson College Polling (ECP) is a Charter Member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Transparency Initiative. AAPOR is the leading professional organization of public opinion and survey research professionals in the United States, with members from academia, media, government, the nonprofit sector, and private industry. ECP publishes not only its full topline results, but also its full crosstabs for each survey, aiming to ensure that data is easily accessible and available to researchers.

They also have a MBFC rating of least biased LINK HERE

They haven't failed a fact check in 5 years, have very low traffic/popularity, and in the past rarely reported on politics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Thanks for this. Very usual to know. Appreciate you linking sources too.

[–] tamal3 1 points 5 days ago

The link isn't working for me, but I remember reading that if you look at more nuanced sentiments it was a larger percentage of Americans that did not fully condemn Luigi's actions.

"The USA Today/Suffolk University poll conducted between January 7 to 11 found 28.50 percent of registered voters believe the shooting was wrong, but "understand the alleged shooter's anger with the healthcare system"

"In addition, 64.60 percent of registered voters believe the shooting was wrong and the person who did it should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." Newsweek