Editing Affirmative action (section)

=== Polls ===
According to a poll taken by ''[[USA Today]]'' in 2005, the majority of Americans supported affirmative action for women, while views on [[Minority group|minority groups]] were more split.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |date=20 May 2005 |title=Usatoday.Com |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/0623.htm |access-date=28 April 2014 |publisher=Usatoday.Com}}</ref> Men are only slightly more likely to support affirmative action for women, though a majority of both do.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |date=20 May 2005 |title=Usatoday.Com |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/0623.htm |access-date=28 April 2014 |publisher=Usatoday.Com}}</ref> However, a slight majority of Americans do believe that affirmative action goes beyond ensuring access and goes into the realm of preferential treatment.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web |date=20 May 2005 |title=Usatoday.Com |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/0623.htm |access-date=28 April 2014 |publisher=Usatoday.Com}}</ref> Also in 2005, a [[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]] poll showed that 72% of black Americans and 44% of white Americans supported racial affirmative action (with 21% and 49% opposing), with support and opposition among [[Hispanic people]] falling between those of black people and white people. Support among black people, unlike among white people, had almost no correlation with political affiliation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=23 August 2005 |title=Race, Ideology, and Support for Affirmative Action |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/18091/race-ideology-support-affirmative-action.aspx |access-date=11 March 2013 |publisher=[[The Gallup Organization|Gallup]]}}</ref>

A Quinnipiac poll from June 2009 found that 55% of Americans felt that affirmative action, in general, should be discontinued, though 55% supported it for people with disabilities.<ref name="june32009">{{cite web |date=3 June 2009 |title=U.S. Voters Disagree 3-1 With Sotomayor On Key Case, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Say Abolish Affirmative Action |url=https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1307 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203526/https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1307 |archive-date=Apr 24, 2021 |publisher=Quinnipiac University Poll}}</ref> The [[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute]] survey found 65% of American voters opposed the application of affirmative action to homosexuals, with 27% indicating they supported it.<ref name="june32009">{{cite web |date=3 June 2009 |title=U.S. Voters Disagree 3-1 With Sotomayor On Key Case, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Say Abolish Affirmative Action |url=https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1307 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203526/https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1307 |archive-date=Apr 24, 2021 |publisher=Quinnipiac University Poll}}</ref>

A Leger poll taken in 2010 found 59% of Canadians opposed considering race, gender, or ethnicity when hiring for government jobs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Akin |first=David |author-link=David Akin |date=12 August 2010 |title=Canadians against job hiring quotas |url=http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/12/14998311.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104145049/http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/08/12/14998311.html |archive-date=4 November 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}}</ref>

A 2014 [[Pew Research Center]] poll found that 63% of Americans thought affirmative action programs aimed at increasing minority representation on college campuses were "a good thing", compared to 30% who thought they were "a bad thing".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drake |first=Bruce |date=22 April 2014 |title=Public strongly backs affirmative action programs on campus |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/04/22/public-strongly-backs-affirmative-action-programs-on-campus/ |access-date=16 March 2017 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref> The following year, [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] released a poll showing that 67% of Americans supported affirmative action programs aimed at increasing female representation, compared to 58% who supported such programs aimed at increasing the representation of racial minorities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Riffkin |first=Rebecca |date=26 August 2015 |title=Higher Support for Gender Affirmative Action Than Race |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/184772/higher-support-gender-affirmative-action-race.aspx |access-date=16 March 2017 |website=Gallup}}</ref>

A 2019 [[Pew Research Center]] poll found 73% of Americans believe race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 June 2023 |title=More Americans Disapprove Than Approve of Colleges Considering Race, Ethnicity in Admissions Decisions |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/06/08/more-americans-disapprove-than-approve-of-colleges-considering-race-ethnicity-in-admissions-decisions/}}</ref> A few years later in 2022, a Pew Research Center poll found that 74% of Americans believe race or ethnicity should not factor into college admissions decisions.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 April 2022 |title=As courts weigh affirmative action, grades and test scores seen as top factors in college admissions |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/04/26/u-s-public-continues-to-view-grades-test-scores-as-top-factors-in-college-admissions/}}</ref>