NPR-Ipsos poll: Americans don't broadly support Trump's National Guard deployments

"The new NPR-Ipsos poll indicates that people are worried about crime. "It's a pretty widely held belief," says the global polling firm's vice president Mallory Newall. "Around seven in ten Americans say that the level of crime and violence in American cities is at an unacceptable level." Crime overall, including violent crime, is down significantly from pandemic-era highs across the U.S."

""The American public largely agrees that crime has increased in the U.S. and in major cities," Newall says. "They don't broadly support the actions taken in the name of stopping crime, like calling in the National Guard." For instance, about half of those polled oppose deploying National Guard troops to their town or a major city in the state they live in. Not surprisingly, there's a major split along party lines."

An NPR-Ipsos poll finds a majority of Americans express concern about crime, with roughly seven in ten saying crime and violence in cities are at unacceptable levels. Official statistics show crime, including violent crime, has declined from pandemic-era highs, but public perception sees increases. About half of respondents oppose sending National Guard troops to their town or a major city in their state. Support for National Guard deployments is deeply divided by party: about eight in ten Republicans favor them while nearly the same proportion of Democrats oppose them. The Guard presence in Washington drew protests, and a judge ruled an L.A. deployment illegal; the president seeks to expand such deployments to cities including Memphis.

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