More than half (54 percent) of Americans have a favorable impression of the Black Lives Matter movement, compared with 40 percent who have an unfavorable impression, according to a mid-September Marist poll conducted for NPR/PBS NewsHour. There is a stark partisan divide, however, with most Democrats viewing the movement favorably (89-7), and most Republicans viewing the movement unfavorably (11-83). A majority of independents have a favorable opinion (59-34).