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USA: IN FORTE CALO CONSENSO ALLA PENA DI MORTE

October 26, 2017:

26 ottobre 2017: Il tradizionale sondaggio di Gallup sulla pena di morte registra il consenso più basso da 45 anni ad oggi.
Il sondaggio, pubblicato il 26 ottobre, indica il 55% dei cittadini come favorevoli alla pena di morte, contro un 60% dell’ottobre 2016. Il consenso registrato quest’anno è il più basso dal marzo 1972, pochi mesi prima che, nel giugno, la Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti dichiarasse incostituzionali le varie leggi che negli Usa regolavano la pena di morte. Sono inoltre 25 punti percentuali in meno rispetto al momento di massimo consenso per la pena capitale, registrato nel settembre 1994, quando i favorevoli erano l’80%.
Un sondaggio del Pew Research Center dello scorso anno indicava un 49% di favorevoli, la prima volta in 45 anni che la cifra scendeva sotto il 50%. In entrambe i casi si tratta di sondaggi che molti osservatori hanno definito “incompleti”, in quanto comprendono solo le due posizioni favorevole/contrario alla pena di morte, e non comprendono la proposta alternativa dell’ergastolo senza condizionale, che in altri sondaggi negli ultimi anni ha spesso ottenuto la maggioranza. Comunque sia, lo spacchettamento dei dati mostra che la divisione tra Democratici e Repubblicani su questo tema è ancora netta, ma al tempo stesso è tra i Repubblicani che si registra il calo di consensi più notevole. Ad essere favorevoli sono il 39% dei Democratici, il 58% degli Indipendenti, e il 72% dei Repubblicani. La componente repubblicana però, sondata nell’ottobre 2016, subito prima delle elezioni presidenziali, risultava favorevole all’82%. Il risultato di oggi indica un calo del 10% in un anno. Il calo del consenso tra i democratici viene invece messo in relazione al sondaggio del 2002, quando i favorevoli Democratici erano il 65%. Arrivati oggi al 39%, il calo è di 26 punti, il 40% in 15 anni.
Anche tra coloro che si definiscono Indipendenti il calo è stato rilevante: nel 2000 erano favorevoli al 68%, oggi al 58%. Alle domande collaterali, il 51% ha risposto di ritenere che la pena di morte sia applicata equamente, e un 39% ritiene che dovrebbe essere usata più spesso.
Ad essere nettamente contrari alla pena di morte sono, quest’anno, il 41% dei cittadini Usa.
Si tratta del secondo miglior risultato da quando nel maggio 1966 i contrari risultarono essere il 47%. Il sondaggio è stato condotto su 1028 adulti intervistati tra il 5 e l’11 ottobre 2017.

(Fonti: Gallup News Service, 26/10/2017)

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