Every time I see a news article about an opinion poll on an objective fact, and the article does not contain the actual fact itself, I feel like I've slipped even further into a society of the mad.
(For reference, US crime increased in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2015, and 2016, and decreased in the rest of the years shown.)
That was my first thought too, like this is completely meaningless without also seeing what the Crime stats are (and maybe if they're different in red and blue counties). Like it would be so easy to overlay that data.
Every time I see a news article about an opinion poll on an objective fact, and the article does not contain the actual fact itself, I feel like I've slipped even further into a society of the mad.
(For reference, US crime increased in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2015, and 2016, and decreased in the rest of the years shown.)
Also we shouldn't freak out about year to year increases when they occur because crime is already near all time lows.
Hard to say about all-time because of the reporting rate, but definitely 40- or even 50-year lows.
I think sexual assault is up in recent decades, but I imagine that's more to do with victims coming forward more often now.
That was my first thought too, like this is completely meaningless without also seeing what the Crime stats are (and maybe if they're different in red and blue counties). Like it would be so easy to overlay that data.
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