A recent poll reveals that a slim majority of Americans believe parents opposed to their children learning about critical race theory should take action — which was supported by nearly 3 in 4 Republicans.
Critical race theory has been a hot-button issue across the nation, with Albuquerque Public Schools last month discussing the issue in a board meeting that cultivated strong opinions from those for and those opposed to the theory.
A survey was conducted by the Trafalgar Group, in conjunction with the Convention of States Action, that surveyed 1,091 likely general election voters on their views regarding the theory.
The poll finds that about half of Americans believe that parents who oppose critical race theory in their children's schools should take action against it, with 51.8% backing action.
However, the survey also found that there wasn’t a consensus on what action to take with 27.7% supporting removing a child from school and 24.1% saying that parents should run as, or support, candidates for school board that would take control of the school's governing body.
The results were clearly split by party, with Republicans being the most likely to support action against the theory at 71.3%, compared to only 38.5% of Democrats and 43.7% of independents or third party respondents backing action according to the Convention of States Action.
The Convention of States Action is a grassroots political organization with over five million supporters across the United States.
The organization's objective is to call an Article V Convention of the States to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution and only promotes amendments which would impose limitations on the size and scope of the federal government, according to its site.
The Trafalgar Group is a public polling and market research firm that Real Clear Politics called the "most accurate pollster of the cycle among those firms that polled multiple Senate and governor races."