Rasmussen Reports has telephone polling
data about the following question:
Do Americans have true freedom of speech today, or do they have to be careful not to say something politically incorrect to avoid getting in trouble?
They found:
71% of American Adults think political correctness is a problem in America today, while only 18% disagree. Ten percent (10%) are undecided.
People often say what they know to be PC, but act on their beliefs when it is safe to do so. See, for example, the "
Bradley effect." This drives SJWs crazy.