Poll Shows Most Americans Want To Keep Confederate Monuments, As Massachusetts Boards Up Its Own

A national poll conducted immediately following last weekend's events in Charlottesville by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, in conjunction with National Public Radio, shows that a healthy majority of American adults still oppose the removal of statues and monuments honoring Confederate leaders. According to the poll, which surveyed 1,125 adults 18 years of age and older, 62 percent of respondents supported the statues "remaining as a historic symbol" while 27 percent agreed that they s

A national poll conducted immediately following last weekend's events in Charlottesville by the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, in conjunction with National Public Radio, shows that a healthy majority of American adults still oppose the removal of statues and monuments honoring Confederate leaders. According to the poll, which surveyed 1,125 adults 18 years of age and older, 62 percent of respondents supported the statues "remaining as a historic symbol" while 27 percent agreed that they s…