A new Rasmussen survey shows 55 percent of likely US voters think federal law enforcement officials should be used to fight the growing level of violent crime in several major cities since the cities appear unable or unwilling to handle the problem themselves. 36 percent oppose this federal anti-crime help.
80 percent of Republicans and 48 percent of independents want the federal intervention, while 53 percent of Democrats are opposed.
51 percent of all voters agree that government policies and practices encourage violent crime in some cities and states more than others. Just 24 percent disagree, while another 24 percent are undecided.
66 percent of Americans oppose reducing the police budget in the community where they live. 61 percent believe violent crime will go up in communities that defund the police.
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This seems to me to be more evidence that the media needs to get out of its coastal bubbles. If you listen to the MSM, you would think the idea of Trump moving federal law enforcement into troubled cities is extremely unpopular. Turns out, that isn’t the case. Consider this, In January 2017 when Trump first proposed sending federal law enforcement to Chicago help stem its rising murder rate, just 36 percent of voters felt that was a federal responsibility.