Rasmussen: 40% Think Zimmerman Acted in Self-Defense

Forty percent of Americans now think George Zimmerman, who has been charged with second degree murder in the Martin shooting, acted in self-defense. That’s up 25 points from 15 percent  in March and up 16 points from 24 percent last month.

Thirty-six percent remain undecided, compared to 55 percent two months ago.

The survey of 1,000 adults nationwide was conducted on May 19-20, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points