Polls Show Soaring Crime Rates is a Major Problem Across All Voter Groups
(Worthy News) – A poll published last week by Navigator Research, a Democratic firm, showed the majority of voters from both parties and independents — as well as white, black, and Hispanic voters — cited violent crime as a “major crisis.”
Crime rates have climbed in most major cities since last year; New York City, for example, has seen a 73% increase in shootings. Atlanta has endured a 53% increase in murders since 2019, and Chicago saw a 41% jump in murders over that time frame.
The sobering statistics have prompted some in the Democratic party to advocate for moving away from the “defund the police” movement that arose after the murder of George Floyd last year by a white police officer. [ Source: Washington Examiner (Read More…) ]
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