The survey found that nearly 68 percent of Americans don't feel as safe in the U.S. as they did two years ago, while 27 percent said they do feel as safe.
Most Democrats—47.8 percent— said they feel as safe in 2022 as they did in 2020. However, an almost equal number, 44.9 percent, said they do not. Just over 7 percent of Democratic voters were undecided on the matter. Among independents, 64.1 percent said they don't feel as safe, and 30.9 percent said they felt just as safe.
A Newark police car patrols on the corner of Clinton Pl. on June 30, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. The majority of Americans felt safer in 2020 when Former President Donald Trump was in office compared to now under President Joe Biden, a poll has found.The poll surveyed 1,079 people between September 17 and September 20 and has a margin of error of 2.9 percent. The pollster says that 39.3 percent of those contacted for the survey were Democrats, 35.6 percent were Republicans, and 25.
has yet to publish national data. However, preliminary information suggests that increases in murder rates may have begun to slow."