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Oct 27, 2022 · Midterm voters are being inundated with political ads, and a lot of them are focused on crime. But a recent change in data collection paints an incomplete picture of the U.S. violent crime rate.
Oct 31, 2022 · October 31, 2022. Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say? By. John Gramlich. Political candidates around the United States have released thousands of ads focusing on violent crime this year, and most registered voters see the issue as very important in the Nov. 8 midterm elections.
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Data from the New York Police Department paints a mixed portrait of crime in the city. According to NYC CompStat data, murders and shootings in 2022 are down from 2021, but other crimes, including rape, robbery and burglary are up. Compared to 2010, murder, robbery, burglary, misdemeanor assault, and shootings in the city are down. Other crimes, su...
So far in 2022, shootings, murders and aggravated battery are down from this time last year, according to Chicago Police crime statistics. Robbery, burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft are up. When calculating the year-to-date percent change, there is a 40% rise in major crimes from last year, and a 16% change from 2018. In 2021, there were 84,3...
Crime, year to date, is 2.8% higher from 2021 to 2022 in Los Angeles, according to city police data. Homicide and rape is down, while property crimes, assault and robbery are up. However, overall crime has remained relatively steady since 2010, according to LAPD crime data.
Targeting voters through fear – whether it be crime or any other cause – can have a big impact on what voters focus on and how they vote, even if it's not exactly representative of what’s happening, experts say. “One implication of [Americans’ poor perception of crime] is the extent to which politicians and elites can prime voters to think about cr...
Nov 3, 2022 · Republicans express the most alarm, but 51 percent of independent voters said there was more crime in their areas now than there was a year ago, according to a Gallup survey. As for the country...
Oct 5, 2022 · Crime and public safety are proving to be a potent mix of issues in the midterm election. More than half of respondents blamed the spike in crime on “too many guns on our streets,” 5 points...
Oct 12, 2022 · Election Crimes. Election crimes threaten the integrity of elections and undermine public confidence in our democracy. Election crimes fall into broad categories: Ballot/voter fraud....
