Support For Black Lives Matter Has Plunged To Its Lowest

Majority Of Americans Convinced It Has Not Improved Black People’s Lives

The Black Lives Matter movement has lost support among Americans in the past three years, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center.

Pew found that 51% of Americans say they strongly or somewhat support the BLM movement.

That’s down from nearly 70% of Americans who expressed support for the movement in the aftermath of the 2020 killing of George Floyd and 56% last year, the center said.

 

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The study indicates the decrease is mostly a result of a declining share of White adults who say they support the movement.

The overall number of Black and Hispanic adults who expressed support have stayed about the same in the past year, according to Pew.

Americans also expressed their views on the movement’s impact on several issues. The survey shows about 32% of adults said the movement has been highly effective at bringing attention to racism against Black people.

Smaller shares of US adults said the movement had a similar impact on increasing police accountability (14%), improving the lives of Black people (8%) and at improving race relations (7%), according to Pew.