FAVOR THE DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER (GSS)

Method & caveats. What people believe: GSS variable CAPPUN, "Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?" Value is the weighted percent answering favor (code 1), weight WTSSPS. Years with fewer than 200 weighted responses are dropped. Share is weighted target / weighted valid responses ×100, rounded to one decimal; missing responses excluded. 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously. Breaks: 2021 pandemic push-to-web collection; 2022/2024 mixed-mode compared with earlier in-person surveys. Ballot rotation and skipped survey years cause gaps; interpret cross-mode changes cautiously.