Poll: Miranda rights strongly supported by Americans

YouGov’s research shows that Americans widely recognize the importance of these rights, with 66% saying that the right to remain silent is ‘very important’ and another 79% saying the same about the right to an attorney.

Whether an individual would exercise these rights depend largely on whether they did or did not commit the crime they are being arrested for and interrogated about. Most Americans (58%) say that they would shut their mouths if they did commit a crime and were being questioned about it, but there is a nearly even divide over whether they would be quiet if they were innocent. While 39% say that they would remain silent even though they are innocent, 38% say that they would answer questions from the police.