# Few Americans find undeserved ostracism appealing

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/few-americans-find-undeserved-ostracism-appealing/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

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

Would you ostracize someone, even if they don’t deserve it?

Few Americans find undeserved ostracism appealing.

- 1 Definitely would not: 55.1%
- 2: 17.0%
- 4: 13.2%
- 3: 8.8%
- 5: 2.9%
- 7 Definitely would: 1.9%
- 6: 1.3%

## 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: 2025-02-28 → 2025-03-06
- 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

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#willingness-to-ostracize-someone-variable-personality_21](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#willingness-to-ostracize-someone-variable-personality_21)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2025-010, fielded February 28-March 6, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#willingness-to-ostracize-someone-variable-personality_21](https://verasight-spsp-2025.tiiny.co#willingness-to-ostracize-someone-variable-personality_21)