Free Speech Issue Weighed Heavily in 2024 Elections, by Craig Bannister

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV, November 6, 2024

The importance of retaining their First Amendment right to free speech weighed heavily on the minds of voters in this year’s elections – just as Americans had warned candidates it would.

Last month, a FIRE/NORC survey revealed that nearly two-thirds (63%) of Americans rated free speech a “very important” issue influencing their vote for president, while nine in ten of both Republicans and Democrats said it would be at least a “somewhat important” factor.

Of the 12 issues polled, free speech came in as the second-most-often cited “very important” issue – higher than crime, immigration and health care. Compared to four years earlier, a third (32%) said they were less likely speak freely, more than double the 13% who felt more likely to do so. …

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