Precincts around where George Floyd was killed voted in favor of disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Michelle S. Phelps, University of Minnesota Voters in Minneapolis rejected a measure that would have transformed the city’s policing 18 months after the killing of George Floyd thrust the city into […] Read more »
Growing share of Americans say they want more spending on police in their area
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the United States, Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted significantly. The share of adults who say spending on policing in their area should be increased now stands at 47%, up from 31% in June 2020. That includes […] Read more »
Americans view increases in violent crime as a national issue rather than a local one
A new Axios-Ipsos poll finds that Americans’ concern about crime is high, but for most it is a more abstract than immediate concern. For instance, three-quarters of Americans say they feel mostly or very safe when out in their communities, and among that one-quarter who report feeling less safe, only […] Read more »
1 in 4 Asian Americans recently feared their household being targeted
Attacks on Asian Americans have been a reality since always. But given the talk of the “source” of the pandemic and the attacks on Asian women in Georgia, one out of four say they fear violence. Leila Fadel, NPR News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new […] Read more »
Cyberattacks concerning to most in US
Most Americans across party lines have serious concerns about cyberattacks on U.S. computer systems and view China and Russia as major threats, according to a new poll. The poll by The Pearson Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that about 9 in 10 Americans are […] Read more »
Trauma and Trump make Asian American voters a more cohesive bloc, new poll reveals
In 2020, amid a year of violence and fear, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were hypervisible – and that changed the way they look at themselves and politics, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. As the global pandemic took hold, then-President Donald Trump started using xenophobic terms to blame […] Read more »