Poor Americans are Least Likely to Have Favorable View of Police
Low-income Americans are least likely to report favorable attitudes toward police and least likely to say they would “definitely” report a crime, according to a new survey from the Cato Institute. The survey finds that 54 percent of Americans making less than $30,000 per year have a positive view of the police, compared to 76 percent of those making more than $50,000 per year. The poorest Americans are more than 20 percent less likely than their wealthy counterparts to say they would definitely report crime to the police, according to the survey. The authors note that for African Americans, favorability toward police changes very little by income.