Poll: 62 Percent of Registered Voters Oppose Defunding Police

Sixty-two percent of registered voters oppose defunding the police, according to a Fox News poll released Monday.

The survey comes less than a week after a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. Floyd’s death last May sparked national protests and outrage over heavy-handed police tactics of Black people. Floyd was Black, Chauvin is white.

The poll, which was conducted April 18-21 during the final days of Chauvin’s trial, also found:

• 33 percent of voters agree with reducing police funding and moving it to other areas
• 87 percent of Republicans, 79 percent of white evangelicals, 77 percent of baby boomers, 75 percent of rural voters and 73 percent of white men without a college degree are among those who oppose reducing police funding.
• 54 percent of Democrats, 51 percent of Black voters and 49 percent of millennials are most likely to favor defunding the police…

(Excerpts from Newsmax)