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Voters think President Obama and Hillary Clinton are more likely to side with the protestors in situations like the recent one in Charlotte, N.C., but strongly believe Donald Trump is on the side of the cops.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters think Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, identifies more with the police in situations like the one in Charlotte. Just eight percent (8%) say Trump is more in line with the protestors, while 21% say he sympathizes with both sides. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
But a plurality (47%) believes Clinton, his Democratic rival, identifies more with the protestors. Only nine percent (9%) feel Clinton sides more with the police, while 33% say she identifies with both sides.
As for the president, 46% think he identifies more with the protestors, seven percent (7%) with the police and 37% with both sides.
Last week’s protests in Charlotte followed the shooting by police of a black man. Similar protests and mob violence following police shootings has broken out in several cities over the past couple years. Sixty percent (60%) of voters think comments critical of the police made by some politicians make it more dangerous for police officers to do their job. Just 15% disagree and say it’s more likely that these critical comments improve the quality of the police’s performance.
Post-Charlotte, Voters Say Obama, Clinton on Side of Protestors, Trump With Police - Rasmussen Reports™
If elected, would Clinton continue to encourage lawlessness in our streets? When the Clintons were in the WH she lobbied hard for a crime bill that resulted in the mass incarceration of thousands of young black men, the three strike rule, which put many of them away for life, and she called them superpredators who had to be brought to heel, a term used to describe training dogs and not people. Which Hillary is the real Hillary?
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 62% of Likely U.S. Voters think Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, identifies more with the police in situations like the one in Charlotte. Just eight percent (8%) say Trump is more in line with the protestors, while 21% say he sympathizes with both sides. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
But a plurality (47%) believes Clinton, his Democratic rival, identifies more with the protestors. Only nine percent (9%) feel Clinton sides more with the police, while 33% say she identifies with both sides.
As for the president, 46% think he identifies more with the protestors, seven percent (7%) with the police and 37% with both sides.
Last week’s protests in Charlotte followed the shooting by police of a black man. Similar protests and mob violence following police shootings has broken out in several cities over the past couple years. Sixty percent (60%) of voters think comments critical of the police made by some politicians make it more dangerous for police officers to do their job. Just 15% disagree and say it’s more likely that these critical comments improve the quality of the police’s performance.
Post-Charlotte, Voters Say Obama, Clinton on Side of Protestors, Trump With Police - Rasmussen Reports™
If elected, would Clinton continue to encourage lawlessness in our streets? When the Clintons were in the WH she lobbied hard for a crime bill that resulted in the mass incarceration of thousands of young black men, the three strike rule, which put many of them away for life, and she called them superpredators who had to be brought to heel, a term used to describe training dogs and not people. Which Hillary is the real Hillary?
