Strong majorities of Americans oppose the movement to 'defund the police' and some of its most significant goals, specifically reshuffling funding away from law enforcement to support mental health, housing and education programs, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday finds. Nearly two-thirds
Strong majorities of Americans oppose the movement to"defund the police" and some of its most significant goals, specifically reshuffling funding away from law enforcement to support mental health, housing and education programs, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday finds.
Similar to black Americans, Democrats stand as the lone faction among the political tribes that approve by a majority of defunding the police and redirecting it to mental health, housing and education programs .But Democrats are more divided in their support than Republicans and Independents are in their opposition, with 43% and 41% of Democrats opposing both defunding the police, and using the money for other purposes, respectively.
Despite some cities moving to implement changes, including Minneapolis voting to disband the city's force, national leaders are reticent to back such a bold change.Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, walking a fine line this week between listening to the demands of protesters without alienating the men and women in blue, voiced, for the first time, his dissent, telling CBS News,"I don't support defunding the police.
Story continuesJust under a third of Americans are not concerned about becoming infected with COVID-19, up from 22% in that May poll. Still, majorities of Americans are now ready to eat at a restaurant , stay in a hotel , attend church , go to a shopping mall , and send their child to school .
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