Do the police make you feel safe?

Whether police make you feel safe · Asked in 1 wave, 2020 · 60,914 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Wording from the year's CES guide.

In trend lines:Whether police make you feel safe (2 questions), AI-matched

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Crosstab

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community State

Mostly safeSomewhat safeSomewhat unsafeMostly unsafe

Group	Mostly safe	Somewhat safe	Somewhat unsafe	Mostly unsafe	n	MoE
All respondents	46%	32%	14%	8%	60914	±0.6
Democrats	27%	40%	22%	11%	22723	±1.0
Independents (incl. leaners)	43%	33%

Cooperative Election Study 2020 · US adults 18+ (YouGov opt-in panels, sample-matched to an ACS frame and weighted). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.

Answers as the source codes them

Mostly safeSomewhat safeSomewhat unsafeMostly unsafe

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Cooperative Election Study 2020	2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14	web	61,000	60,914