Violent crime is on the rise in urban areas across the country. … Republicans are already going after Democrats with a three-pronged strategy that includes attacks on crime; the economy, particularly rising inflation and labor shortages; and border security. In response, Democratic strategists believe Democratic candidates and the White House […] Read more »
Democrats Find Themselves Navigating the Politics of Fear
… Just as rivers have changed direction, last fall we saw an election change direction in the last month. Talk of a Democratic wave seemed to trigger a counter-movement, attributed by some to the Left’s calls to defund the police, abolish ICE, decriminalize immigration, enact Medicare-for-all, and pack the Supreme […] Read more »
I’m OK, but you’re not
I’ve long said there is a minor Ph.D. dissertation in it. Spoofing a late 1960s self-help guide, it’s a phenomenon I labeled, “I’m OK, you’re not.” It’s the tendency to think things are alright in our own spaces but pretty awful elsewhere. I first noticed it during the health care […] Read more »
Black Confidence in Police Recovers From 2020 Low
After dipping to a new low last year following the George Floyd killing, Black Americans’ confidence in the police has mostly recovered but remains low. Currently, 27% of Black adults in the U.S. say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police, up from […] Read more »
New polling shows Democrats alarmed about crime, too
… The increased salience of crime, as the rate of homicides and other incidents of violence skyrocket across the country, is now a threat to Democrats’ congressional majorities in next year’s midterms. The party’s left-wing activists advanced “defunding the police” as a campaign slogan throughout much of 2020, without much […] Read more »
Law and Order, with Caveats
While crime has been on a steady downward decline from 1990s, 2020 saw a strong reversal in this trend. COVID related? Unclear. Whatever the ultimate cause, Americans are worried about crime again. As our latest polling with USA Today shows, America sees law and order as the answer to the […] Read more »