Approval of Black Lives Matters is way up but most Republicans still disapprove of it

THREAD: NEW POLLING HIGHLIGHTS

In 2016, just a quarter of Americans (27%) said they approved of Black Lives Matter.

Today, that number has more than doubled: 57% now say they have a favorable view of the movement.https://t.co/sKxzG163qA via @YouGov, @AndrewRomano pic.twitter.com/98RPqhmJhG

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 11, 2020

Public opinion rarely moves fast, but it has on #BlackLivesMatter

In the last two weeks, American voters’ support for the Black Lives Matter movement increased almost as much as it had in the preceding two years. https://t.co/VUuyDQBbQc

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 10, 2020

Polls taken since Floyd’s death have found significant differences in what kinds of threats we perceive and condemn. https://t.co/L4iO2lE0mE

— Slate (@Slate) June 12, 2020

A national poll suggests a major shift in the country's view of the protests begun in 2016 by Colin Kaepernick, who may be getting a glimmer of revived interest from the NFL https://t.co/9JawPBnYww

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 12, 2020

POLL: A majority of black Americans support the movement to defund police departments (57%), and putting the money towards other community programs (64%). https://t.co/UMsFq950SH

— ABC News (@ABC) June 12, 2020

Almost seven in 10 Americans say they've felt both hopeful and angry as mass demonstrations against racial injustice have roiled the US, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows, with significant differences reported depending on political party and race. https://t.co/Px7ra5tGH9

— CNN (@CNN) June 12, 2020