Violent crime is a key midterm voting issue, but what does the data say?
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“Annual government surveys from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show no recent increase in the U.S. violent crime rate” - Pew
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“Annual government surveys from the Bureau of Justice Statistics show no recent increase in the U.S. violent crime rate” - Pew
“(77%) say that churches and other houses of worship should not endorse candidates for political offices. Two-thirds (67%) say that religious institutions should keep out of political matters rather than expressing their views on day-to-day social or political questions” - Pew
“53% of those 50 and older say the widespread use of such vehicles would be a bad idea for society, compared with a smaller share (37%) of adults ages 18 to 49” - Pew
“For mothers whose youngest child was age 5 to 12, average time spent on secondary care increased by about 2.5 hours from 2019 to 2020, from an average of 5.8 to 8.2 hours a day, before dipping to an average of 7.1 hours a day in 2021.” - Pew
“The number of women and men in the U.S. with at least a bachelor’s degree has increased since the second quarter of 2019. But the share of college-educated women who are in the labor force has not changed since before the pandemic, while the share of college-educated men who are working or looking for work has declined.” - Pew
“…despite low response rates, national polls like the Center’s come within a few percentage points, on average, of benchmarks from high response rate federal surveys.” - Pew
“Despite the growth of commercial sports betting in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling, the most common way that Americans bet on sports is with friends or family, according to the Center’s survey, which was fielded July 5-17 among 6,034 adults.” - Pew
“Depending on whether religious switching continues at recent rates, speeds up or stops entirely, the projections show Christians of all ages shrinking from 64% to between a little more than half (54%) and just above one-third (35%) of all Americans by 2070.” - Pew
“The share of young adults in the United States who are living with a parent has grown considerably in recent decades, a trend that many Americans see as bad for society” - Pew
“In both parties, majorities of those who have experienced one of the forms of extreme weather asked about in the survey say climate change contributed to the event. But Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say climate change contributed a lot.” - Pew
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