61% of Voters are Very Concerned with Violent Crime

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Bergen County is not the only place where crime is spiking,  at least 16 American cities hit new peaks in their homicide rates last year. Nationwide, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 2021 reached 73, according to FBI data. The 2021 figure was the highest since 1995, with the unique exception of 2001, when many police officers died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

“It’s not only that many police officers have been killed. It’s also the large number of innocent bystanders who have been killed throughout the country,” said Tobe Berkovitz, a Boston University professor emeritus who specializes in political communication. “That is the thing that makes it so problematic for the president and the Democrats. It’s all over the country.

liberal  ABC News/Ipsos poll in mid-December indicated that crime was one of Biden’s weakest issues. Only 36 percent of adults approved of how he was handling crime, in contrast to the 61 percent who disapproved.

A recent Rasmussen poll concluded that voters are significantly more worried about inflation and violent crime than they are about COVID-19 or climate change.

The national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 88% of Likely U.S. voters are at least somewhat concerned about inflation, including 62% who are Very Concerned. Similarly, 88% of voters are at least somewhat concerned about violent crime, including 61% who are Very Concerned about the problem.