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New Rasmussen Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Anti-Police Attitudes

New Rasmussen Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Anti-Police Attitudes
A Chicago police officer wears a blue and black band on her badge as she walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse to attend the bond hearings for two brothers charged after the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Ella French in Chicago, on Aug. 10, 2021. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
Joseph Lord
Joseph Lord
8/12/2021|Updated: 8/13/2021
A Rasmussen survey released Tuesday showed that a majority of likely voters reject anti-police attitudes.

One question asked participants their thoughts on a statement made by Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) during a CBS interview last week. Bush said that “Defunding the police has to happen, we need to defund the police and put that money into social safety nets.” Sixty-three percent of respondents reported that they disagreed, with 51 percent reporting that they “strongly disagreed” with the statement. Another 31 percent said they agreed with Bush, with only 12 percent saying that they “strongly agreed” with the statement. The survey also showed that only 46 percent of Democrats agreed, indicating that “defund the police” rhetoric is divisive even within the Democratic party. Other political groups overwhelmingly rejected Bush’s statement, with only 23 percent of Republicans and 20 percent of independents expressing agreement.

Joseph Lord
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Joseph Lord is a congressional reporter for The Epoch Times.
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