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Support for ending the Defense Department program that sends surplus military equipment to police, asked identically in 2020 and 2022.
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Latest: 56% answered “Oppose” in CES: End surplus military equipment program for police, 2022.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
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| CES: End program sending surplus military gear to police | End program sending surplus military gear to police Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [End the Department of Defense program that sends surplus military weapons and equipment to police departments.] Caveat: Wording truncated in the archive text, but the same item as 2022. | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: End surplus military equipment program for police | End surplus military equipment program for police Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [End the Department of Defense program that sends surplus military weapons and equipment to police departments] Caveat: Full wording; asked in a different year (2022). | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |