Voters prefer crime prevention over a tough on crime approach 


Crime prevention message “Fully fund things that are proven to create safe communities and improve people’s quality of life, like good schools, a living wage, and affordable housing, and do more to prevent crime by increasing treatment for mental health and drug addiction and getting illegal guns of the street.”

Tough on crime message “Doing more to get tough on crime, like having tougher sentences for people convicted of violent crimes, maintaining strong bail laws to keep potentially dangerous people in jail, and providing police more support and resources.”

Source: Vera Action and GQR, “The True Line Project,” 2023.