Few Americans find undeserved ostracism appealing
Core finding
In a Verasight survey conducted Feb. 28-March 6, 2025, most Americans reject the idea of ostracizing someone who doesn't deserve it: roughly eight-in-ten (81%) lean against it, including 55% who say they definitely would not.
Only about 6% lean the other way, including 2% who say they definitely would. The remaining 13% land in the middle.
Topline distribution
Few Americans find undeserved ostracism appealing.
Would you ostracize someone, even if they don’t deserve it?
n = 1,000 · Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2025 · MoE ±3.5%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | United States adults |
| Field dates | Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2025 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.5% |
| Module | personality |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co
Would you ostracize someone, even if they don’t deserve it?
Cite this question
Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.