"A new Pew survey found that violent crime is now the fifth-most important issue for votes, with 59% listing it as 'very important' to their vote. For context, it’s nearly as important to Americans as the coronavirus, which ranks fourth with 63%"https://t.co/25M33A3GVy— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) August 24, 2020
With that tweet.
"Violent crime" is carrying a lot of baggage there, as is highlighting the 59%. Here's how Pew reported it:
With the country in the midst of a recession, nearly eight-in-ten registered voters (79%) say the economy will be very important to them in making their decision about who to vote for in the 2020 presidential election – the top issue of 12 included in the survey.
The economy is consistently a top voting issue. In a survey asking a similar, though not identical, list of issues in June 2016, the economy also was the top voting issue.
In the current survey, 68% of voters say health care is very important to their vote, while 64% cite Supreme Court appointments.
As the country continues to grapple with the coronavirus outbreak, 62% of voters say the outbreak will be a very important factor in their decision about who to support in the fall.
About six-in-ten (59%) say violent crime will be very important to their 2020 decision, and 57% say this about foreign policy.
Buried the lede? Doesn't really look like it. And what does "violent crime" mean? Since the death of George Floyd, not necessarily what you think it means ("suburban moms" in fear of brown people is about 50 years out of date, mind).
I’m beginning to think that cops figure if they kill enough people, folks will stop complaining. https://t.co/JzObSKDHof— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 24, 2020
People are always worried about "violent crime." But are they worried in the way Rudy Giuliani thinks they are?
“I’m speaking on Thursday,” Giuliani noted. “My message is going to be a lot about crime and the differences between a Biden America, which would be Portland, New York, Chicago — all those Democrat cities that are out of control.”
“If you want to take a look at Joe Biden’s America, take a look at Portland last night where they had a riot,” he continued. “Take a look at the woman who punches the other woman in Church yesterday. Take a look at the 51 shootings in New York.”
A) That's Donald Trump's America, right now. B) "woman who punches the other woman"? Isn't that going on in almost every store in America, over masks? C) Sorry, but 51 shootings in New York sounds pretty low to this non-New Yorker. I mean, it's bad, but it doesn't make me worry about "violent crime." D) Did they have a riot in Portland? People around me (upper Texas Gulf Coast all the way across the coast to Mississippi) are more concerned about the two storms coming our way (sorry to be parochial, but Giuliani mentioned NYC, so....)
Frankly, I'd be more worried if "violent crime" wasn't a concern of the electorate in a Presidential election year. But again, what "violent crime" are we concerned about?
Kenosha police shooting: Wisconsin man Jacob Blake shot by cop Sunday https://t.co/oVlnA41UIW— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 24, 2020
Yeah, I don't think it's all white people scared of brown people coming after them. The death of George Floyd fundamentally shifted that axis.
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