65% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans were against keeping political ads with lies or fabrications on social media sites.

When Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday that his platform would no longer support political advertisements — just one hour before Facebook Inc.’s scheduled earnings call with investors — it was widely seen as a jab at Facebook’s divisive decision to not fact-check advertisements on its site from candidates running for political office.

And a new Morning Consult survey shows voters might be on Dorsey’s side of the ad policy debate: Fifty-nine percent of registered voters said that they oppose social media platforms choosing to not remove political advertisements including lies or fabrications.

The survey, conducted Oct. 29-30 among 1,996 registered voters, overlapped with Dorsey’s announcement. And there was bipartisan consensus on political ads: Sixty-five percent of Democrats, 54 percent of independents and 56 percent of Republicans said they oppose leaving such advertisements online.

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg defended his company’s political ad policy within the first five minutes of his call with investors, saying “I don’t think it is right for private companies to censor politicians or the news” and that it would be better to “try and increase transparency” of advertisers. The comments from Zuckerberg on the issue follow his testimony before the House Financial Services Committee last week and a speech at Georgetown University about free expression on Oct. 17.