Interesting survey, but political opinion surveys are tricky and I think it's hard to say anything concrete. The ideal "find your words despicable but defend

Interesting survey, but political opinion surveys are tricky and I think it's hard to say anything concrete. The ideal "find your words despicable but defend your right to say them" is not all that common in practice, never has been. It's an idealist's position. I'd guess that the results have more to do with political leanings on the underlying issue, than the free speech one. IE, the more concerned with hate speech, the more illiberal they are in the survey. Change "offensive to minority groups" to "spread lies about the President," and I suspect a different spread. It needs to be courts who defend these things and they'll do it, if the laws are there.