A majority of Americans support celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day, with the highest support among Americans under 30, a new YouGov study has found. investigation Found it.
The survey, conducted Oct. 4-6, found that 54% of U.S. adults strongly or somewhat approve of celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day, while 54% of U.S. adults strongly or somewhat disapprove. It turned out to be 5%. According to the poll, 31% of people neither supported nor opposed celebrating this day.
According to the data, support was highest among adults under 30 at 63%, and lowest among adults over 65 at 43%.
Additionally, 72% of Democrats support celebrating the day, compared to 50% of independents and 40% of Republicans.
The poll also found that 63 percent of Americans believe Indigenous Peoples Day, or a similar day, should be recognized by the federal government.
According to the survey, the majority of respondents (55%) said they were not familiar with or had never heard of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The poll revealed that a majority of Americans (82%) view this day with some importance to American history.
The survey also asked respondents how much they knew about Christopher Columbus. The majority (89%) said they knew him very well or somewhat well. 86% said they were very or somewhat familiar with Columbus Day.
The poll found that 52% of Americans have a very or somewhat favorable view of Columbus, compared to 32% who say they have a somewhat or very unfavorable view. It became clear.
54% of respondents said they were more in favor of celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day than Columbus Day, compared to 43%. The poll also found that 63% to 49% of Americans say they think there should be a national holiday commemorating Indigenous Peoples' Day rather than a holiday commemorating Christopher Columbus.
The poll was conducted among 1,137 American adults. The margin of error was 3.8%.
