Urban Crime: Most See Success in Trump’s D.C. Policy
A majority of voters consider President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to fight crime in the nation’s capital a success, and favor him repeating the measure in other cities.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Trump’s strategy of using National Guard troops to help the District of Columbia reduce violent crime has been successful, including 32% who say it’s been Very Successful. Thirty-six percent (36%) don’t think Trump’s strategy has been successful in reducing crime in Washington, D.C., including 17% who consider it Not At All Successful. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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