All the polls on the LA protests and Trump's response so far

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Dear readers,

I have struggled to come up with more to say on the Los Angeles protests that isn't repetitive of some of the great things other people are writing on the subject. But then it struck me that it may be useful to readers of this newsletter for someone to publish one piece containing all the public opinion polling we're getting about the protests and the surrounding issues.

While "what do the polls say?" is not the most important question at the moment (uncertainty about civil rights violations and the impact of future troop deployments are worth more thought in the aggregate), I think presenting the data may enable better journalism on the subject — and public polling can also be a key variable in shaping political outcomes. So, in the narrow context of this newsletter, I think the polls on this issue are worth taking stock of, and I hope this is useful.

For this week's Chart of the Week, let's look at all the polls on the LA protests. How do people feel about the protesters?…