Hong Kong's protest movement is supported by 59 percent of city residents polled in a survey conducted for Reuters by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, with more than a third of respondents saying they had attended an anti-government demonstration.
Supporters of the protests outnumbered opponents by a ratio of nearly 2 to 1, with 30 percent saying they were opposed. Of those polled, 57 percent said they favored the resignation of Carrie Lam, the city's leader. Lam was a particular target of the anti-government demonstrations that gripped Hong Kong for most of 2019 after she attempted to push through a deeply unpopular extradition bill.
Nevertheless, only 17 percent expressed support for seeking independence from China, and 20 percent were opposed to "the current path of one country, two systems" — the arrangement under which Hong Kong is governed by Beijing.