58% Of White Americans Support Protecting Confederate History And Legacy, Poll Finds

The majority of white Americans support preserving the history and legacy of the Confederacy, Americans as a whole are still on the fence.

According to a poll by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, 58% of white Americans support efforts to preserve the legacy and the history of the Confederacy, while only 25% of Black Americans support the same notion.

The national survey, which began in 2022, examined American attitudes about the legacy of Confederate monuments and memorialization in public spaces. In 2024, PRRI added to the survey and interviewed more than 5,500 Americans to see if their attitudes on the topic changed.

Overall, the poll found that Americans are divided over whether the country should protect Confederate history and legacy. The issue was also highly polarized by party, race and region.

Americans from Southern states (58%) are more likely than Americans elsewhere (50%) to support efforts to preserve the legacy of the Confederacy.

Age also played a factor as Gen Z (41%) is the only generation without majority support for preserving the legacy of the Confederacy, compared with two-thirds of the Silent Generation (62%), 58% of Gen X, 56% of baby boomers and 51% of millennials.

Source: 58% Of White Americans Support Protecting Confederate History And Legacy, Poll Finds