A June 2007 Gallup Poll revealed that, during the past decade, there has been a significant drop in the percentage of whites and blacks who support capital punishment. Among black respondents, opposition to the death penalty has grown from 37% in the mid-1990s to a majority of 56% today. Responses given by white respondents have also shifted during the past decade. In the mid-1990s, 80% of white respondents said that they favored the death penalty, but today that percentage has dropped to 70%. Nationally, support for the death penalty remained at 65%, similar to figures for the past three years, but down significantly from 1994 when 80% supported capital punishment. The Gallup Poll’s most recent survey was conducted from June 4 – 24, 2007, and included interviews with 2,388 adults nationwide. The margin of error is +5 percentage points.
(Gallup Poll News Service, July 31, 2007). See Public Opinion.
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- Death Penalty Information Center. “PUBLIC OPINION: Gallup Poll Finds Less Support Among Blacks and Whites.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/public-opinion-gallup-poll-finds-less-support-among-blacks-and-whites. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.
