Washington, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of voters say America’s problem with violent crime is on the rise while half the country says President Joe Biden is ill-equipped to deal with it.
A new Rasmussen Reports national found 65 percent of voters likely to cast ballots in the next election felt violent crime is getting worse while fully half – 50 percent – said the problem was beyond Biden’s ability to deal with effectively.
Homicide and other violent crimes have soared since the Black Lives Matter protests began in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death last May while in the custody of the Minneapolis police. Awareness of the problem is slowly permeating the national consciousness to the point famed political consultant James Carville recently penned an essay for the Wall Street Journal telling his fellow Democrats to get ahead of the curve by blaming the rise in the crime rate on former President Donald Trump.
The Rasmussen Reports survey found 72 percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Democrats and, 65 percent of voters unaffiliated voters agreeing violent crime in America is getting worse. It also found the issue transcending racial barriers as 67 percent of whites, 68 percent of black voters, and 57 percent of other minorities found themselves agreeing things are getting worse. Women, by six points, 68 percent to 62 percent, led men in expressing their fear things had worsened, a gap some experts suggest may have something to do with the differences in gender regarding the feeling of personal safety.
According to the Rasmussen Reports analysis, “Biden’s strongest supporters are least likely to think the crime problem is getting worse” yet, among those who give him the highest marks for job performance, 51 percent agreed the problem of violent crime was getting worse while just 18 percent said, “It’s getting better.”
Additionally, the polling firm said, “among voters who strongly disapprove of Biden’s performance, 89 percent say the violent crime problem is getting worse and only 3 percent think America’s crime problem is getting better.”
The reduction in violent crime to near historic lows – which not by coincidence began during a time when Republican mayors were in charge in NYC and Los Angeles – is attributed to “tough on crime, tough on criminals” efforts eventually repudiated by successors including current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
These numbers suggest the GOP may have an opening it did not expect in the run-up to the 2022 elections. The 1994 crime bill, which President Joe Biden pushed through the U.S. Senate as its principal sponsor and floor manager, is widely regarded as having helped set the stage for the Republicans to retake control of the U.S. Congress for the first time in 40 years. With that in mind, Carville’s suggestions in his opinion piece – which is long on rhetoric and short on facts – comes across as an effort to help the Democrats find a way to inoculate themselves against the charge they are “soft on crime” before voters go to the polls.
This theory will be tested out in real life in Virginia in November when voters throughout the state will have the opportunity to elect a new governor, attorney general, delegates to the General Assembly, and other officials. In some communities, prosecutors and other local elected swept into office in a blue wave four years ago with the support of groups affiliated with George Soros who have pursued criminal-friendly policies like no cash bail will have to explain to an increasingly wary electorate why they should be re-elected.
The survey of 900 likely U.S. voters was conducted May 25-26, 2021, and has a sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
Peter Roff is a former U.S. News & World Report contributing editor now affiliated with several Washington, D.C. public policy organizations. He appears regularly as a commentator on the One America News network. Reach him by email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
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Peter Roff
Peter Roff is affiliated with several Washington, D.C. public policy organizations and is a former U.S. News and World Report contributing editor who appears regularly as a commentator on the One America News network. He can be reached by email at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.
The voters need to vote his commie party out of power next year
Biden and his ilk need to crawl back into the sewer where they came from!
No Gitmo is the place. When full maybe the French will lease the USA Devils Island.
We need to remove the UN from American soil
You are correctly right. Can’t the morons who supposedly voted for him see how he is making America economy worse and our power in the national agenda worse? Better ask Hunter how we should deal with China, haha!
I wonder who really is managing the so called Biden administration? Certainly not Biden or Harris?
Dan, only a few “Morons” voted for him, President Trump won in a record braking landslide with 81% counted according to the Quantum Voting system, but many trump votes were destroyed, dumped in rivers and burnt in landfills. This was a massive International “Sting” operation to steal an election. Demrats have been cheating for decades, but this time it was over the top with many corrupt International players involved. Military have it all.
well yes but more importantly citizens need to insist on investigating, prosecuting, and most probably finding guilty those super rich that pay for all of these issues. These super rich are the ones in control as they pay off htese politicians to do thier bidding. When found guilty these super rich should have all wealth confiscated, and hanged. This would at least deter these current super rich from doing anything to interfer with Anericaa. We should also, do as you say, vote these politicians out. BUT… these politicians have not up held thier oaths of office and have commited other highly illegal acts all of which need to be investigated, and punished appropriately, again, including confoscation of thier wealth. America would be out of debt if that occurred. Wea also need to kick China, and any other foriegn country that s buying America up and do everything in our power to punish them, including actions but hopefully not war, but if war is needed then hiurt them hard and fast.
Freeing felons, Defund police actions & illegals Xing border
Lock & Load time, Full Auto
Contact your reps in Congress and demand they write and file articles of impeachment NOW..
It’s not going to happen as long as commiecrats have congress
Biden can’t handle his own personal life, what makes anyone think he can handle anything related to being the president of the United States?
I don’t think this man can go to the bathroom by himself except in his pants
Or on the floor. And blame the dog.
Biden is a lost puppet and can’t handle himself let alone the crime.
We can anticipate that Mr. Biden will see an opening to restrict gun ownership by law-abiding citizens because “hey, crime is up and the big problems are ARs and “ghost guns”. I am hoping the American people see through that subtrefuge.
And we can also anticipate that approaches that are likely to bear fruit in the handful of ZIP codes where violence is the biggest problem, such as prosecuting straw buyers, will NOT be implemented because racism. Or something.
How can one who is a leading part of the problem, lead in the solution to solving the problems they themselves created?
I want a redo on the past election, President Biden lies to the American public about almost everything, giving our money away that we pay into the government to folks that have no business being in our country, He is not following his word to us, If this keeps up he won’t be the next president in 4 years. He has to get back to honoring his word to the American people, only citizens should have the right to vote. period.
Why not ? The Democrats are the ones that created all of our crime problems. When Trump was in office everything was going great and the American people were happy. When stupid never accomplish anything Biden cheated his way in everything turned to chit.
This is the democrats doing. They are the ones that are racially dividing America. They ignore democrat hate crimes like Maxine and AOC and her gang. But if it’s a republican it’s all over the media and they’re ready to prosecute. Allow open borders and of course crime is going to get worse. But nobody talks about that. Biden and his administration is the worst ever and he’s got to go
Please Virginians. Get rid of Northem in November. Your chsnce to elect a conservative!!! Get your state right!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸
democrats flat out suck
as their voters are uniformed gov dep ignorants
In otherwords, DUMBOCRAPS APPROVE OF VIOLENT CRIME. Declare the dumbocraptic party a terrorist organization. Outlaw the dumbocraptic party.
“A new Rasmussen Reports national found 65 percent of voters likely to cast ballots in the next election felt violent crime is getting worse”
Don’t you just love polls like this? “felt violent crime is getting worse” The FACT is violent crime went up significantly last year over recent years–primarily driven by dramatic increases in long-time Democrat-run cities. Thus what this poll question really shows is that more than one-third don’t know and are guessing based on their feelings, or the question was so ambiguous to be meaningless.
Keep in mind, what was published doesn’t tell us what we are comparing. Compared to 25 years ago, last year’s violent crime was DOWN. Comparing last year to the three previous years it was up. Or maybe the question was asking people to predict what violent crime is going to be this year and next. We really don’t know, because once again, the poll questions and context given to those polled is not given.
Blaming #PRESIDENTDONALDJTRUMP for the out of control violence going on in this country is as ridiculous as blaming me for the crimes made by next door neighbors.
#SLEEZYSLIMYJOE, #LEGSPREADERHARRIS and all the other #DEMODUMBAsses who’s heads are buried in their own greed. Put the blame where it truly belongs and that is not #PRESIDENTDONALDJTRUMP!
It is looking more & more. Like President Trump did really win last Nov. & that the democrats pulled of the biggest criminal act in the history of the USA
This could be the end of the democrat party as we know it
I believe there will be two parties, The Republicans & the Independents But we must have term limits with no federal pensions or perks, As well as no naturalized citizens in the halls of congress or working in the White House. We have to stop foreign nations placing their citizens in the USA as spies & agitators
The majority of minorities believe they should get something for nothing; that is, they should get paid not to work, not to save, and not to better themselves. This attitude is pushed to the extreme by the American Democrat Party in order to “buy” votes and elect more Democrats to office. But this is dishonest, unAmerican, and frankly uncivilized. The Democrats also push the idea that sexual freaks should be accepted and treated as normal; and that actual normal people should be forced to associate with these abnormal freaks. This is also unAmerican, dishonest,and uncivilized. Freedom of association is a guaranteed American value, and cannot be changed by government diktat.
Nobody voted this clown into office Democrats installed him by fraud voting machines and that is a fact everyone knows it Democrats will hide the truth as long as they can get away it
Biden is the new Godzilla leaving wreckage behind every mandate
It doesn’t matter what the voters think. They cheated before, they will cheat again. China, Russia and Iran will decide who is elected. Sad.
James Carville is evil. And he does not believe in God or he would not have called for increased crime by a ridiculous claim that TRUMP IS AT FAULT. So Carville is supposed to be smart. Someone demand that he explain how Trump was at fault? Assassin. Did his smart wife leave him already?
Biden is a Coward he won’t do anything look at the border crises it’s his fault for the Problems in America. Impeach Him For Treason and Sedition against the American People and the Constitution
biden was expected to be a total failure. He has succeeded.
The voters voted for President Trump. The Biden /Harris cabal (who funded BLM and Antifa) stole the Election and have been stealing elections for decades
We are so screwed. At the rate they are going, the process of destroying this country will be complete before the mid-terms.
I’m starting to think they are wanting us to rise up, so they have an excuse take our guns and gain all the power they crave.
The level of crime is exactly where the democrats think you deserve.
Was James Carville BORN stupid, or did he get that way during his time spent in gubmint schools? The sad part is that the Democrat Communists believe us to be so dumb or so unaware that we cannot figure out what they are tryingto do to our country! Not so, Jimmy! We know exactly what you are up to. We will stop it when SHTF.
Let’s see…you defund the police, all but abolish ICE, allow autonomous zones, and call riots “peaceful demonstrations” while standing in front of a burning city block…what could possibly go wrong?
I’m aware of Biden induced crime!
My home was broken into by Biden’s people from the broken wall that President Trump was installing.
We live in Arizona, where I can see Mexicans by the thousands!
Having had the bastards steal my hard Earned equipment, I do believe I have been impacted by Robbie Biden!!
Soon Joe Biden and associates will be outed to the World. His cronies have covered up so much of his treasonous activities and those of his Son and Brothers. The timing of the Covid19 virus from the CCP just in time for the 2020 election paired with the criminal Dominion voting apparatus and the leagues of Demomarxist election workers who made sure the fix was in and Traitor Joe would be the winner.. A.G. Barr knew in advance Joe would win and even though Barr was still working for President Trump, he was busy writing up the 40 plus Executive orders Joe would begin signing Jan. 21,2021. Barr even stated that he saw” no signs of voter cheating” as he diligently worked for the Demomarxists.