Most people think the U.S. crime rate is rising. They're wrong.
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Almost 80 percent of Americans, and 92 percent of Republicans, think crime has gone up. It actually fell in 2023. An expert blames a familiar culprit for the mistaken impression.

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If people aren’t panicked, they wouldn’t elect panic-pandering politicians, so there must always be a panic — crime, drugs, commies, libruls, etc.

  • @danc4498English
    17•1 year ago

    Democrats are seen as ineffective on crime while republicans are seen as more effective on crime. Regardless of the truth.

        • @afraid_of_zombiesEnglish
          -1•1 year ago

          I mean does it matter? D or R does it have an impact on crime?

      • @bAYse_English
        2•1 year ago

        Hahaha, 9/10 of the top 10 places with the highest murder rates are red. Try again though (and I don’t even like defending dems, I’m a leftist…)

        Edit: goes to show that police are innefective and more spending =/= less crime, moreover, a more policed state is a more paranoid, divided, and racialized state.