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State legislatures must make choices when making spending decisions on important state programs. How would you like your legislature to spend money on each of the five areas below? [Law Enforcement]
Asked of: Post-election wave respondents
State spending on law enforcement · Asked in 1 wave, 2020 · 51,547 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Post-election wave item: weight with extra.weight_post (commonpostweight). Wording from the year's CES guide.
| Group | Greatly increase | Slightly increase | Maintain | Slightly decrease | Greatly decrease | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 23% | 25% | 32% | 12% | 8% | 51547 | ±0.6 | |
| AK † |
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.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooperative Election Study 2020 | 2020-09-29 to 2020-12-14 | web | 61,000 | 51,547 |
| 25% |
| 27% |
| 33% |
| 10% |
| 5% |
| 89 |
| ±15 |
| AL | 31% | 27% | 33% | 5% | 4% | 754 | ±5 |
| AR | 22% | 29% | 32% | 8% | 9% | 414 | ±7 |
| AZ | 23% | 28% | 30% | 12% | 7% | 1289 | ±4 |
| CA | 20% | 20% | 33% | 16% | 11% | 4237 | ±2 |
| CO | 21% | 22% | 32% | 13% | 12% | 919 | ±4 |
| CT | 16% | 22% | 41% | 14% | 7% | 555 | ±5 |
| DC | 14% | 12% | 28% | 28% | 17% | 156 | ±11 |
| DE | 20% | 20% | 41% | 11% | 8% | 205 | ±9 |
| FL | 25% | 28% | 32% | 10% | 6% | 3926 | ±2 |
| GA | 29% | 26% | 28% | 10% | 7% | 1614 | ±3 |
| HI | 13% | 17% | 45% | 12% | 12% | 176 | ±11 |
| IA | 22% | 28% | 34% | 9% | 7% | 550 | ±5 |
| ID | 16% | 26% | 44% | 7% | 7% | 274 | ±9 |
| IL | 19% | 23% | 35% | 14% | 10% | 1932 | ±3 |
| IN | 27% | 31% | 29% | 8% | 5% | 1230 | ±4 |
| KS | 20% | 26% | 34% | 9% | 11% | 393 | ±6 |
| KY | 27% | 27% | 30% | 10% | 6% | 840 | ±5 |
| LA | 31% | 29% | 29% | 6% | 5% | 509 | ±6 |
| MA | 16% | 22% | 33% | 17% | 12% | 1057 | ±4 |
| MD | 20% | 23% | 33% | 16% | 9% | 954 | ±4 |
| ME | 14% | 23% | 36% | 18% | 9% | 308 | ±8 |
| MI | 22% | 26% | 32% | 11% | 8% | 1699 | ±3 |
| MN | 20% | 28% | 28% | 14% | 11% | 879 | ±4 |
| MO | 24% | 30% | 30% | 9% | 7% | 1191 | ±4 |
| MS | 30% | 27% | 30% | 8% | 5% | 349 | ±7 |
| MT | 30% | 26% | 32% | 9% | 4% | 206 | ±10 |
| NC | 26% | 26% | 31% | 10% | 7% | 1611 | ±3 |
| ND | 22% | 36% | 28% | 7% | 7% | 137 | ±13 |
| NE | 17% | 27% | 34% | 15% | 7% | 286 | ±8 |
| NH | 15% | 23% | 39% | 13% | 11% | 337 | ±9 |
| NJ | 20% | 25% | 34% | 13% | 8% | 1474 | ±4 |
| NM | 22% | 22% | 33% | 16% | 7% | 329 | ±8 |
| NV | 23% | 23% | 33% | 12% | 9% | 611 | ±5 |
| NY | 22% | 25% | 32% | 13% | 8% | 3092 | ±3 |
| OH | 25% | 28% | 31% | 9% | 7% | 2225 | ±3 |
| OK | 30% | 26% | 27% | 10% | 7% | 444 | ±7 |
| OR | 19% | 18% | 31% | 16% | 16% | 792 | ±4 |
| PA | 23% | 26% | 33% | 10% | 8% | 2753 | ±2 |
| RI | 29% | 18% | 30% | 11% | 12% | 173 | ±12 |
| SC | 27% | 29% | 28% | 10% | 7% | 872 | ±5 |
| SD | 30% | 29% | 31% | 6% | 4% | 147 | ±12 |
| TN | 30% | 25% | 31% | 8% | 5% | 1177 | ±4 |
| TX | 26% | 26% | 30% | 10% | 8% | 3556 | ±2 |
| UT | 17% | 25% | 41% | 9% | 7% | 418 | ±7 |
| VA | 19% | 25% | 34% | 13% | 9% | 1566 | ±3 |
| VT | 9% | 23% | 39% | 21% | 7% | 135 | ±13 |
| WA | 19% | 20% | 32% | 17% | 12% | 1162 | ±3 |
| WI | 16% | 27% | 37% | 13% | 8% | 1072 | ±4 |
| WV | 32% | 26% | 30% | 7% | 7% | 388 | ±7 |
| WY † | 11% | 22% | 41% | 13% | 13% | 85 | ±15 |