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In reply to the discussion: Americans' Respect for Police Surges [View all]MindPilot
(12,693 posts)20. Somebody calls me up to ask my opinion of the police...
I would have to be compete idiot to say anything other than "the police are doubleplusgood."
I think the uptick in approval is based more on people being aware that their communications are likely being monitored than people's real feelings.
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Pontificate all you want. Polls can be manipulated to say whatever the poller wants
brush
Oct 2016
#32
LOCAL police. And most people express approval of their own senators and representatives while
tblue37
Oct 2016
#18
So noted ^^. Further, tied for the greatest increase (19%) is the category 18-34 yoa.
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#27
These poll results should surprise no one. Similar poll results from decades earlier
Eleanors38
Oct 2016
#28