NEW: Police reform debate paints a picture of wide divides, w/ officers on one side and those demanding change on the other. But our new poll of officers tells story of a force mostly on board w/ efforts to reign it in.
From @cameron_easley and I: morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
We surveyed 9,962 voters to get a good sample of police officers, and tested dozens of proposals laid out by lawmakers and Campaign Zero, a think tank for policing reforms.
Almost everything had majority support from police officers and voters. morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
In our sample of police officers, we found a force that's overwhelmingly male and young, more politically affiliated than the overall population (particularly on the Republican side) and one that's more favorable of @realDonaldTrump. morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
Police officers are less likely than the average voter to see well-documented systemic racism in policing, with BIG gaps in white police households and police households of color. morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
Our policing poll found half of voters say police departments treat white Americans better than Black Americans. A plurality of officers agree, but white police households are 16 pts more likely than POC police HHs to say both races are treated the same morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
On the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the police themselves, officers -- like all voters -- generally have positive views.
But like other sentiment tests, there are BIG gaps between white and POC police households. morningconsult.com/2020/07/23/pol…
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