Poll: Louisiana residents oppose removing Confederate symbols
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS
A majority of people in Louisiana oppose taking down Confederate monuments, a Louisiana State University poll has found.
The survey released Monday examined feelings statewide about New Orleans’ plan to remove prominent Confederate statues, including a towering figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Seventy-three percent of respondents said they opposed removing the Confederate memorials. The poll found 88 percent of whites opposed removal, while 47 percent of blacks also opposed removal.
A different poll, released earlier this month by the University of New Orleans, looked only at New Orleans residents and found about half in favor of removal.
At the urging of Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the City Council voted in December to remove the monuments, which are still a source of passion in this Deep South state.