National Speech Index - July 2024 Topline Results

The National Speech Index is a new quarterly component of America’s Political Pulse, an ongoing weekly survey conducted by the Polarization Research Lab, which will allow researchers to track shifting free speech sentiment in America over time. The survey sampled 1,000 American adults and was conducted from July 5-10 as a part of the Polarization Research Lab’s weekly America’s Political Pulse survey. The raw data file is available here.

The 10-question survey consists of five permanent questions to track support for free speech and the First Amendment over time and five rotating questions to capture public opinion about topical and newsworthy speech-related issues. All data and results presented are weighted to nationally representative demographic targets with a margin of error +/-3%.