Gallup Polls Shows Overall Support for the Death Penalty Remains at Five-Decade Low as Opposition to the Death Penalty Grows

From [HERE] According to October 2024 polling produced by Gallup, support for capital punishment remains at a five-decade low in the United States. Overall, Gallup found 53% of Americans in favor of the death penalty, but that number masks considerable differences between older and younger Americans. More than half of young adults aged 18 to 43 now oppose the death penalty. Among those expressing a political affiliation, support for the death penalty fell markedly in all groups and in all generations, with the exception of Republicans sixty and older, where support for the death penalty rose by 2%. Public support of the death penalty peaked in 1994, with 80% of Americans in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder, which roughly correlates with the peak in the number of executions in the United States. [MORE]