Poll: Political Correctness Has Gone Too Far, Majority of Likely Voters Say

Residents cast votes at St. Paul Methodist Church in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 5, 2019. John Sommers II/Getty Images

More than four out of five likely voters agree that political correctness has gone too far, a December poll shows.

More than 57 percent strongly agreed and almost 24 percent somewhat agreed with the statement, “Political correctness has gone too far. Today everybody is offended by the smallest thing.” Only 13.4 percent disagreed, 4.8 percent strongly (pdf).