{"id":6521,"date":"2021-07-13T16:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T23:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2021-07-13T16:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T23:45:28","slug":"new-poll-puts-crime-at-the-top-of-voters-issues-as-dems-defund-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6521","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Puts Crime At The Top Of Voters Issues As Dems Defund The Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Brett Wilkins<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rhetoric surrounding Defunding the Police has become increasingly dangerous for politicians as 52% of Democrats and Independents as well as 57% of Republicans list violent crime as a Major Crisis according to polling firm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/navigatorresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Navigator-Update-07.07.21.pdf?emci=bee8e537-a0de-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&amp;emdi=b8f6ae03-08df-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&amp;ceid=1395063\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigator Research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democratic cities that vowed to cut police budgets and department spending after the death of George Floyd in 2020 have seen upticks in violent crime causing many to question and oppose the effectiveness of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/police-defunded-cities-murders-crime-budget\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new policies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homicides alone, compared to last year, have increased by 56% in Minneapolis, 22% in New York City, 27% in Los Angeles, and an astounding 800% in Portland according to the National Fraternal Order of Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In May, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced that his state would be taking a different approach to the national discussion.\u00a0 After calling the treatment of police officers a \u201ctotal disgrace\u201d, Gov. DeSantis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/regional\/florida\/gov-desantis-satellite-beach\/67-3702cbca-ea38-431b-a5b7-d7d8685fc723?utm_source=ground.news&amp;utm_medium=referral\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a local press conference that while <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Some want to defund the police. We&#8217;re funding the police and then some&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 The statement comes as Florida unveils their fiscal budget which allocates $1,000 bonuses for first responders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cdn.yougov.com\/zjdg6ujrzh\/20210526_yahoo_vaccine_tabs.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yahoo News\/YouGov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> poll, 36% of voters approve of Joe Biden\u2019s handling of violent crime while 44% of voters disapprove of his handling of the crime crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0With far-left Democrats such as congresswoman and \u201csquad\u201d member Rashida Tlaib <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1381745303997534216?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tweeting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cNo more policing, incarceration, and militarization. It can&#8217;t be reformed\u201d, politicians embracing a tough on crime approach to policing or generally anything more moderate than defunding the police will undoubtedly gain traction with voters in the 2022 midterms.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Brett Wilkins The rhetoric surrounding Defunding the Police has become increasingly dangerous for politicians as 52% of Democrats and Independents as well as 57% of Republicans list violent crime as a Major Crisis according to polling firm Navigator Research. 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