New YouGov polling about 20 political, activist, and extremist groups finds that Mothers Against Drunk Driving is viewed more favorably than unfavorably by Americans overall and within political, racial, gender, and age groups. Black Lives Matter, Antifa, Moms for Liberty, and Turning Point USA are viewed more divisively.
The activist group or movement Americans view most favorably is Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The group’s net favorability — the percentage of Americans who view it very or somewhat favorably minus the percentage who view it unfavorably — is +60, far higher than for any of the other 19 groups or movements asked about. The next most favorably viewed are AARP (+34), Planned Parenthood (+25), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) (+18).
The group viewed least favorably is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), with a net favorability of -82. The Aryan Brotherhood (-57) and The Proud Boys (-41) are also viewed far more unfavorably than favorably. Black Lives Matter (+3), Moms for Liberty (+2), and the National Rifle Association (-3) are viewed favorably and unfavorably by roughly equal shares of Americans.
Among Democrats, the groups and movements with the highest net favorability are Planned Parenthood (+73), Mothers Against Drunk Driving (+70), NAACP (+65), AARP (+62) and Black Lives Matter (+60). Republicans' net favorability is highest for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (+65), the National Rifle Association (NRA) (+61), Turning Point USA (+60) and Blue Lives Matter (+50).
The largest gaps in net favorability among Democrats and Republicans are for Black Lives Matter (+60 vs. -60) and the NRA (-56 vs. +61).
Democrats' and Republicans' net favorability is similar for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (+70 vs. +65), the Aryan Brotherhood (-57 vs. -54), and the KKK (-82 vs. -83).
Democrats are much more likely to view Antifa favorably now (+15) than they were in March 2025 (-7) and September 2022 (-5). Net favorability of Planned Parenthood among Democrats has dropped to +82 from +73 in March.
Net favorability of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) among Republicans has dropped to -34 from -17 in March.
Women are more favorable than men toward many political groups and movements. Among the largest net favorability gaps between men and women: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA (-3 vs. +29), Black Lives Matter (-13 vs. +18), Planned Parenthood (+10 vs. +39), and the ACLU (-1 vs. +24).
Black Americans have much higher net favorability than white Americans do toward Black Lives Matter (+58 vs. -8). They also are more favorable toward the NAACP (+14 vs. +61), Planned Parenthood (+56 vs +17), and the Southern Poverty Law Center (+33 vs. +8).
Hispanic Americans are more favorable than white Americans toward PETA (+40 vs. +10), Black Lives Matter (+24 vs. -8), and Planned Parenthood (+37 vs. +17).
White Americans are more favorable than Black and Hispanic Americans toward Blue Lives Matter (+20 vs. -7 vs. -11) and Turning Point USA (+12 vs. -15 vs. +2).
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See the results for this YouGov survey
— Carl Bialik and Taylor Orth contributed to this article
Methodology: This article includes results from an online survey conducted on October 14 - 16, 2025 among 1,131 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel to be representative of adult U.S. citizens. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2024 presidential vote, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. 2024 presidential vote, at time of weighting, was estimated to be 48% Harris and 50% Trump. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given around November 8, 2024, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (31% Democratic, 32% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 4%.
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