Today we are going to look at some public opinion polls from Gallup recently released on crime in America.
First, announced today, more Americans are in support of legalizing Marijuana than ever before. Now 44% of Americans support legalization while 54% oppose. With California’s recent taxing of Marijuana debate heating up these polls vary significantly by region.
Next, last week saw new lows in the number of Americans supporting gun control laws.
Finally, support for the death penalty remains the highest in years.
The recent end to the “War on Drugs” and rise in percieved crime rates indicate that the American public is not as concerned with “softer” crimes but has taken a hardlined stance against violent crime in recent years. Topics related to crime that controlled political debate in the mid-ninties have been put on the back burner. In the case of Marijuana the public has cooled it’s opposition, while gun control and the death penalty have grown in traditional conservative rhetoric.
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October 19, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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December 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm
[...] Although, support for the death penalty remains high, many thought a progressive president would take a viewpoint similar to that of the Clinton administration. The Clinton administration differed to the custom of the state a majority of the time. With large states such as California looking to put an end to the practice the European Union and a total of 95 countries have abolished, this policy could lower rates significantly. [...]
December 14, 2009 at 9:41 am
[...] Although support for the death penalty remains high, many hoped a progressive president would take a viewpoint similar to that of the Clinton administration. The Clinton administration left the decision up to state governments a majority of the time. With large states such as California looking to put an end to a practice the European Union and a total of 95 countries have abolished, this policy could lower rates significantly. [...]
March 22, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Legalization is coming. The pros out way the cons and the people are becoming more and more open to the idea as time passes. We have a lot on the table right now, once some of those issues are fixed, legalization is next.