@scott i guess i'd want more evidence than one interpretation of survey data to be persuaded of that. early on post George Floyd polling sympathetic to protests struck me remarkably resilient, despite the disorder. the video was pretty horrible, shocking. maybe there was still that effect by November? 1/

@scott but the behavior of political campaigns suggests to me pretty strongly a different story, at least more recently. it's Republican politicians who want to talk about the "riots" of 2020. maybe that's just dogmatism on the part of campaigns and they actually misunderstand how the public perceives those events? but i wouldn't bank on it. /fin