Not sure if these were posted earlier . . . .
Three public opinion polls in the last few days regarding the Zimmerman verdict, the first two are national by Rasmussen and Huffington Post/You Gov and then a Florida-only poll by a Tampa area daily newspaper.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/publ...ct_34_disagree
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3612308.html
http://www.saintpetersblog.com/poll-...our-ground-law
In the Rasmussen Poll, nationally, 48% agreed with the verdict and 34% disagreed. The remainder weren't sure.
In the Huffington Post/YouGov poll, nationally, 46% of whites agreed with the not guilty verdict and 14% of blacks agreed with not guilty
12% of whites would have found him guilty of murder while 36% of blacks would have found for murder.
22% of whites would have found for manslaughter and 39% of blacks would have found for the same.
20% of whites weren't sure and 11% of blacks weren't sure.
So summarizing for Huffington Post/YouGov, 34% of whites would have found him guilty of something and 46% would have found him not guilty. 75% of blacks would have found him guilty of something and 14% would have found him not guilty.
35% of whites were disappointed or angry in the verdict and 78% of blacks were same.
The poll didn't announce Hispanic findings publicly.
The Florida-only poll found 56% of the state "accepts" the verdict and 63% felt Zimmerman should not be charged with a federal hate crime.
53% of Floridians felt Zimmerman engaged in a justifiable act of self-defence. 27% felt he engaged in an act of unjustified racially motivated violence and 13% felt he engaged in an act of unjustified violence, but not racially motivated.
Only 13% of Floridians felt the state should repeal Stand Your Ground legislation.
Only 10% of Floridians felt that race relations have improved under Obama's presidency.
Not sure if there are other polls out there.
Cowperson