# Just over four in ten reject civil-rights limits for "threatening" groups

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> Indexed question in Politics.

## Reading

In a Verasight survey of 1,000 U.S. adults conducted May 11, 2026, just over four in ten rejected policies that would limit the civil rights of groups described as threatening; 41% disagreed with supporting those policies.

About three in ten were neutral (31%), while 28% agreed.

## Topline

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statement: I support policies that limit the civil rights of groups that threaten our way of life.

41% of Americans reject policies that would limit the civil rights of groups described as threatening.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither agree nor disagree: 31.2%
- Strongly disagree: 24.0%
- Agree: 17.2%
- Disagree: 16.8%
- Strongly agree: 10.7%

## 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-4.32](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.32)

## 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-4.32](https://reports.verasight.io/r/spsp26#q-4.32)