‘Walking On Eggshells’: 62% Of Americans Are Afraid To Express Political Views, Survey Finds

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This is why the polls are very likely inaccurate. A whopping 77 percent of Republicans are afraid to express their political views, according to this recent poll. Who could blame them? If one dares to express support for the POTUS you can lose your job and your friends. You will be labeled a racist, and you may even end up getting killed. Revenge will be sweet on November 3rd.

‘Walking On Eggshells’: 62% Of Americans Are Afraid To Express Political Views, Survey Finds

By Daily Wire, July 23, 2020

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Self-censorship is on the rise according to a new Cato Institute survey that reports nearly two-thirds of Americans are afraid to share their political views.

A new CATO Institute/YouGov national survey found 62% of Americans say the political climate today prevents them from saying what they believe. This is up several points from 2017 when 58% of Americans said they were afraid to share their political beliefs.

“31% of liberals, 30% of moderates and 34% of conservatives are worried their political views could get them fired or harm their career trajectory,” the CATO survey stated.

A recent poll conducted by Politico found that a plurality of Americans believe cancel culture has gone too far.

“There have been shifts across the board, where more people among all political groups feel they are walking on eggshells,” the CATO survey found, adding, “majorities of Democrats (52%), independents (59%) and Republicans (77%) who all agree they have political opinions they are afraid to share.­­”

“Strong liberals stand out, however, as the only political group who feel they can express themselves. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) of staunch liberals feel they can say what they believe,” the CATO survey found.

A majority of centrist liberals, who in 2017 said they could express their views freely, now say they have to self-censor.

According to the CATO survey, self-censorship spans all ethnicities, with 65% of Latino Americans, 64% of white Americans, and 49% of African Americans saying they have political views they are afraid to share.

“This large number from across demographic groups suggests withheld opinions may not simply be radical or fringe perspectives in the process of being socially marginalized. Instead many of these opinions may be shared by a large number of people,” the CATO study concluded.

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AlgorithmicAnalyst
AlgorithmicAnalyst
3 years ago

I got burned after Obama weaponized agencies of the government to go after political opponents. Since then I haven’t dared make any public statements on politics under my own name.

Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
3 years ago

I remember what Obama and his evil henchmen did to the TEA PARTY. I doubt I will ever forgive ANY LIBERAL, DEMOCRAT, OR RINO for not standing up to that kind of PURE EVIL. When the shoe is on the other foot? I WILL BE LONG GONE. THEY CAN FEND FOR THEMSELVES, DUMB LIBERALS.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

I will never understand Jeff Sessions… when all he required was an apology from the IRS and didn’t prosecute Lois Lerner… It’s a shame. He had good immigration knowledge and could have been uselful….
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caschmid@centurytel.net
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

He turned out to be not what we thought, at all. He did things-not-conservative and Alabama has dethroned him. I hope the run-off results are a bellwether for the awakening of Americans and a return to God and our the constitutional republic. Please pray for our nation, everyone; do your best at your assigned tasks and remember the outcome is not in our hands, but His.

StevenRobert
StevenRobert
3 years ago

Jeff Sessions turned out to be a dud.
Maybe he was just running interference for the Washington establishment all the time.
The Trump candidacy initially was regarded as more of a joke, so perhaps Sessions thought by backing Trump, he was guaranteeing a Democrat administration in WashingtonDC, and everything he did actually turned out to be a massive misjudgment.

caschmid@centurytel.net
3 years ago
Reply to  StevenRobert

Time will tell.

Commieobamie
Commieobamie
3 years ago

If you express the TRUTH, then the DemoCommie MOB destroys your property, gang rushes you, or tries to MURDER you, and the cops and courts ALLOW them to do it and skate free. If REAL AMERICANS were allowed to fight back without being throw in jail for nothing, We would fight back and KILL these Communists.

Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
3 years ago
Reply to  Commieobamie

Well, maybe WE, THE PEOPLE, CONSERVATIVES in America SHOULD START OUR OWN UNION?

Let’s call it the CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVE UNION OF AMERICANS.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

We do need to get organized….

anonQ
anonQ
3 years ago

I’m not afraid to express my political views. I have done this many times. I now tend to not express my political views because these brainwashed anti American democrats invariably start repeating what don lemon or some other quack claiming to be a journalist says. Then I’ll ask if they did any fact checking and they always get this “what’s that?” look on their face. It’s really an exercise in stupid and I don’t do stupid well. I swear, it really seems like these people don’t know how to think for themselves. It’s like they believe what they are told to believe, and do, say and act as they are told.

Fount
Fount
3 years ago

thoughtcrime
Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural thoughtcrimes)

A crime committed by having unorthodox, unofficial, controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago
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oceanfloor1
oceanfloor1
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Just got a “2+2=4” bumper sticker. Let ’em figure that one out.

Fount
Fount
3 years ago

Every time you self-censor or don’t speak your mind that is in itself an attack on your liberty. Fight back! Speak out! Do not be afraid to speak your mind. You have a right to your point of view. Do not be cowed by radical Marxists out to destroy America. Do not go silent into that good night. They will oppress you if they succeed.

Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
Liberalism_IS_INSANITY
3 years ago

I have never held back my opinions IF they were warranted, but I am/was tactful, honest, and non-confrontational. I was always taught to kill them with kindness, but today it is terribly hard to do that because if you SAY you are not racist, they call you a liar and the sad part is that THEY HAVE NO PROOF OF IT except that THEY said it.

IT IS TIME FOR ALL AMERICANS TO BE KIND BUT HONEST. THAT is your 1st Amendment right. Sooner or later, the 2nd Amendment is going to come into play when these leftists become physically violent with us.

WHEN YOU GET OLDER, it doesn’t matter what people say about you anymore, especially if you know it is not true and for must of us, that is true. SO, ignore/dismiss/laugh at their insults and accusations. IF it were true, they would take you to court and nowadays, there are FREE CONSERVATIVE LEGAL ORGANIZATIONS out there that will help you with false accusations by lamebrain liberals.

CARRY ALWAYS, EVERYWHERE, EVEN WHEN SLEEPING.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

You are a nicer person than me….The older I get the less tactful I can be. I care less and less about offending people. That’s my way of having First Amendment rights. I have the right to offend the left and I often enjoy doing it.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Could that 62% be TRUMP SUPPORTERS?

Jane_Dowe1366
Jane_Dowe1366
3 years ago

Screw that noise! I express my political beliefs: bumper stickers, t-shirts and MAGA hat. Freedom of speech!

If anyone want to start trouble over my support for President Trump — fine. Go right ahead.
I have a conceal carry permit. ????

Michelle
Michelle
3 years ago

Well then! Actually DO something about it instead of whining to polls.
This kind of gutless “sniff! sniff! sob!” makes me sick when it is action that is required but tit seems to be endemic to the west and especially in those with power(Hello Bojo!)

Bill Taylor
Bill Taylor
3 years ago

Everyone isn’t scared! Most people have lives, careers, and families to think about. Just because they don’t go looking for a fight, doesn’t mean they won’t finish the fight if it is brought to them. Besides, they are all going to let their constitutional right of voting speak for them come November.

PK
PK
3 years ago

I’m beginning to tell everyone to vote on 11/4/2020. Conservatives know better, and the democrats —–well, what can I say?

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
3 years ago

Those in politics and the media who see fit to hamper the First Amendment rights of others need to be reminded that those are the very same constitutional liberties that allow political discourse and a free media to even exist in the first place.

L-Dan
L-Dan
3 years ago

Republicans don’t participate in stupid lefty polls. They stay quiet and wait until election day to voice their opinion, just like 2016.

CARRENO  BARTOX
CARRENO BARTOX
3 years ago

What about the pensioners and retired persons???
If those are statistically not silent (which I guess is a fact) it means that about 90% of the conservatives are afraid to talk.
It is a SHAME and a SIN to enslave yourself !

dba_ unruly_ vagabond_trader
dba_ unruly_ vagabond_trader
3 years ago

If you cannot be honest with a friend, they are not your friend.

O
O
3 years ago

This is a tragedy for any democracy. Wake up America before it is too late!

Martina Vaslovik
Martina Vaslovik
3 years ago

They will hear me at the ballot box. Until then I tell them nothing.

edbo
edbo
3 years ago

Tells me 62% will be voting for TRUMP making it a landslide win.

StevenRobert
StevenRobert
3 years ago

I would never give my opinion to a pollster. You have absolutely no idea who they are.

Roma Mikhasev
Roma Mikhasev
3 years ago

tolerance terror

voiceoftruth777333
voiceoftruth777333
3 years ago

The problem is the other side is toxic and if you support the President you must be destroyed so why not avoid that by just waiting until election day. The problem is what to do if the communists make our votes worthless? Then there has to be a reckoning or the entire country will be like Venezuela within a decade and we will be destroyed by our foreign and domestic enemies.

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