While prominent Democrats have become crime-apologists — arguing for defunding the police, allying with disruptive protestors, releasing criminals into American cities, and attempting to block President Trump’s deportations of illegals — Americans agree with the President’s characterization of major cities as “overtaken by violent gangs and criminals”. This is particularly true of Americans living in high-crime regions themselves, with a plurality of urban voters agreeing with the president’s characterization of major cities like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Chicago as being overtaken by violence and criminal behavior.
According to a Cygnal survey of 1,500 likely voters released Sep. 9, voters say by eleven points, 54 percent to 43 percent, that they agree with President Trump’s characterization of cities as high-crime, and a full 22 percent say Trump’s characterization is “extremely accurate”. Urban voters agree with President Trump’s characterization of cities by eight points, 53 percent to 45 percent. Swing voters agree with the president by a resounding 22 points, 58 percent to 36 percent.
While Black and Hispanic voters disagree with President Trump’s characterization of cities as high-crime, by seventeen points and six points respectively, a sizeable share of minority voters do agree with President Trump. 40 percent of Black voters agree with President Trump’s characterization of cities as high-crime, while 57 percent disagree, and 45 percent of Hispanics agree with the president’s characterization while 51 percent disagree.
