Poll finds majority believe NFL anthem protests are ‘not appropriate’

Published August 27, 2018 8:09pm ET



After two years of heated debate, most voters are on the same page when it comes to national anthem protests in the NFL.

An NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll of 900 registered voters taken last week asked, “When it comes to professional football players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality in the United States, do you consider this to be an appropriate way or not an appropriate way to bring attention to these concerns?” Respondents agreed the protests were not appropriate by an 11-point margin of 54 to 43 percent. The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 3.27 percentage points.

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