Poll: Nearly half of Americans say Olympians should not use Games to make political statements

Almost half of U.S. adults — 46% — say athletes at the Summer Olympic Games should not be permitted to “publicly engage in protests, such as displaying political messaging in signs or armbands, kneeling, disrupting medal ceremonies or making political hand gestures.”

That’s the key finding of an Economist/YouGov poll of 1,500 U.S. adults conducted July 24-27.