60 percent say government should not control museum content: Poll

Sixty percent of Americans say the federal government should not control the content of exhibits in museums that get taxpayer funding, according to a new survey that was published on Tuesday.

The latest the Economist/YouGov poll found that only 18 percent say the government should control the content of exhibits in federally funded museums. Another 22 percent were unsure.

The large majority of Democrats, 82 percent, are against the government’s control of such. GOP voters were more evenly split, with 38 percent saying they oppose the government’s control of museum exhibits and approximately 31 percent unsure.

The survey found that people who visit museums “very or somewhat often” are far more likely, at 70 percent, than those who never visit them, with 49 percent, to argue the governmen