“Defund the police” is a slogan that supports divesting funds from police departments and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
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Response rates from 3.4k Libertarian voters.
25% Yes |
75% No |
23% Yes |
65% No |
2% Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls |
10% No, increase funding and training for police departments in higher crime rate communities |
1% Yes, and abolish the police |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 3.4k Libertarian voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 3.4k Libertarian voters.
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Unique answers from Libertarian voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8KQXRSD4yrs4Y
Yes, but police should still have sufficient funding and resources to do their regular job and tasks.
@8JFDW5V4yrs4Y
Achieving a fair balance between police funding and social and community based programs is key.
@8NK48QG4yrs4Y
Police should be demilatarised. This does not entail a funding reduction, but more money should go to social and community programs
@8G64H7Z4yrs4Y
No, and fund those programs as well
@8NSNY8S4yrs4Y
No, but cut some funding.
@8GMT2Z94yrs4Y
No, there should be police reform to ensure incidence of police brutality is reduced
@99MWDJT2yrs2Y
Police need to be better trained and supported so that they do the job they are supposed to do and respond as required in a certain timeframe.
@99MCFJ22yrs2Y
Some money should go to both
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