83% of Voters See Crime as Important Election Issue

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, most voters believe violent crime is getting worse and expect the issue to be important in next month’s midterm elections.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. voters believe the problem of violent crime in America is getting worse. Only 11% think the crime problem is getting better, while 24% think the problem is staying about the same. These findings are almost unchanged since April. (To see survey question wording, click here.)