# More than three-quarters oppose police using race to decide who to stop

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/culture/more-than-three-quarters-oppose-police-using-race-to-decide-who-to-stop/

> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Americans broadly reject race-based stops: 78% disagree that police should be allowed to use race and ethnicity when deciding who to stop, including 59% who strongly disagree.

Just one-in-ten (10%) agree police should be allowed to do so, and 12% neither agree nor disagree, according to a May 2026 Verasight survey.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: Police should be allowed to use race and ethnicity when deciding who to stop.

More than three-quarters oppose police using race to decide who to stop.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Strongly disagree: 58.8%
- Disagree: 14.5%
- Neither agree nor disagree: 12.0%
- Slightly disagree: 4.5%
- Slightly agree: 4.1%
- Agree: 3.5%
- Strong agree: 2.7%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-05-11 → 2026-05-11
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: politics
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.4](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.4)

## Citation

Verasight SPSP Omnibus Survey #2026-045, fielded May 11-11, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.4](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.4)