According to a recent poll conducted by The Political Matrix, city of Pensacola voters are divided on whether the Confederate monument in the city’s Lee Square should be removed.
The two districts where over half the respondents believe the statue should stay are District 3, 54.1%, and District 4, 52.6%. Â Districts 3 and 4 only have 177 and 170 Black voters, respectively – less than 3% each.
The two districts most supportive of removing the monument are District 6 (48.5%) and District 2 (47.1%). District 6 has 2,270 Black voters, District 2 Â 915.
The districts that had the most respondents that need more information are District 7 (22.9%) and District 5 (18.2%).
City of PensacolaÂ
Do you think Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola should be removed?
| Responses | % | |||||||
| Yes | 103 | 42% | ||||||
| No | 111 | 45% | ||||||
| Need more info | 34 | 14% | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Wu | Myers | Terhaar | Moore | Jerralds | Hill | Cannada-Wynn | ||
| Yes | 36.8% | 47.1% | 40.5% | 34.2% | 42.4% | 48.5% | 42.9% | |
| No | 47.4% | 41.2% | 54.1% | 52.6% | 39.4% | 42.4% | 34.3% | |
| Need more info | 15.8% | 11.8% | 5.4% | 13.2% | 18.2% | 9.1% | 22.9% | |
Escambia County – Outside City Limits
Voters outside the city limits clearly want the city to keep the Confederate monument.
Do you think Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola should be removed?
| Response | % | |
| Yes | 184 | 31% |
| No | 368 | 61% |
| Need more info | 48 | 8% |
The districts that have no city voters overwhelmingly oppose removing the statue. Black voters make up 15.7% of Bergosh’s district and 12.2% of Barry’s district.
| Bergosh | Barry | |
| Yes | 30.9% | 22.0% |
| No | 64.0% | 69.5% |
| Need more info | 5.1% | 8.5% |
Escambia County – City/County Voters
Portions of District 2, 3 and 4 are inside the city limits. Â District 3 – with 49.4% Black voters – is the only district where more than half agreed with removing the monument.
Do you think Confederate monument in downtown Pensacola should be removed?
| 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Underhill | May | Bender | |
| Yes | 27.7% | 50.7% | 36.8% |
| No | 61.9% | 37.0% | 51.5% |
| Need more info | 10.3% | 12.3% | 11.7% |
Escambia County – Combined
The older the voter the more likely they oppose removing the Confederate monument.
| Age | 18-21 | 22-34 | 35-44 | 45+64 | 65+ |
| Yes | 52.3% | 48.7% | 47.6% | 31.4% | 22.5% |
| No | 34.1% | 39.3% | 41.5% | 60.3% | 65.6% |
| Need more info | 13.6% | 12.0% | 11.0% | 8.4% | 9.0% |
Two-thirds of White voters oppose removal; Black voters favor removal by a larger percentage; and other minorities are split.
| Race | White | Black | Other |
| Yes | 24.4% | 78.1% | 45.7% |
| No | 66.8% | 8.6% | 42.9% |
| Need more info | 8.7% | 13.3% | 11.4% |
Republican voters have few doubts about keeping the monument.
| Party | Dems | GOPÂ | NPA |
| Yes | 70.6% | 9.6% | 37.5% |
| No | 20.1% | 81.0% | 50.0% |
| Need more info | 9.2% | 9.4% | 12.5% |
METHODOLOGY:
The persons sampled were Escambia County registered voters. The voters called had cell phones and landlines and were called using an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system during the hours of 5 p.m. to 8Â p.m. between June 20-22, 2020. The Margin of Error for this study is +/ 3.5% with a confidence level of 95%.
