Support for banning the use of choke holds by police, asked identically in the 2020 and 2022 CES.
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Latest: 71% answered “Support” in CES: Ban police choke holds, 2022.
Shares of people whose answer maps onto these categories (non-answers and answers outside the scale are left out), because surveys differ in whether they offer “don’t know.” Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: Ban police use of choke holds | Ban police use of choke holds Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Ban the use of choke holds by police] Caveat: Identical wording and binary scale to the 2022 question; no middle option offered. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Ban police choke holds | Ban police choke holds Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Ban the use of choke holds by police] Caveat: Identical wording and binary scale to the 2020 question; no middle option offered. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |