A clear majority of even Californians support making criminal penalties stiffer -- by two-to-one ratio. Even 47% of somewhat liberal people support stiffing the penalties. Nearly 58 percent of the 1,685 likely voters surveyed support Proposition 36, a November ballot...
Except for liberals, likely American voters of all categories think the rhetoric of Biden's campaign that Trump is "an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs" led to Trump's attempted assassination. In fact, overall likely voters by an almost 2-to-1...
The Pew Research Center has an interesting survey on crime (April 8-14, 2024). On whether gun ownership by law-abiding citizens "increases safety," while 86% of Republicans think that is true, only 23% of Democrats agree. On whether the criminal justice system is...
A new Rasmussen Reports survey of likely U.S. voters (May 15-16 and 19) shows Americans feel that the country is becoming less safe to live by a 50% to 20% margin, and that view is held by virtually all groups except Democrats (35% more safe, 29% less safe), liberals...
Rasmussen Reports has done several polls over the year asking whether likely voters in America think that violent crime is getting worse. We wanted to compare polls over the last year to see if there has been a change in people's views. But despite the media's attempt...
By a 4.7-to-1 margin, a new 2024 Rasmussen Reports survey finds that more likely voters say violent crime in the United States is getting worse (61%) than getting better (13%). Eighty-one percent (81%) of likely voters say the issue of crime will be important in this...
A Rasmussen Reports survey from May 31 to June 5, 2022 shows that most Americans think that the Second Amendment's most important purpose is to ensure personal protection. Fifty-four percent (54%) of Likely Voters believe the most important purpose of the Second...
Gun control advocates keep trying to convince Americans that they don't need a gun for protection. Indeed, they are trying to convince them that they shouldn't have guns for protection. A new Harvard CAP/Harris Poll shows their message is having trouble getting...
A new Rasmussen Reports survey conducted October 5th and 8th-9th, 2023 finds that blacks are at least twice as likely to be concerned about rising violent crime as Democrats, Liberals, and those earning the highest incomes. Blacks are also slightly more likely to be...
The Harvard/Harris Poll data is available here.
A new Rasmussen Reports Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on August 17-18, 2022, shows that Americans are very concerned about violent crime, with 61% very concerned and 25% somewhat concerned. Only 12% are not concerned, and 1% are not sure. The agreement...