More voters say President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump says he would be comfortable sending son, grandchildren to school in person Cafeteria worker on White House grounds tests positive for COVID-19: reports Republicans to start unveiling coronavirus package Thursday MORE would be better at handling the issue of fighting crime than former Vice President Joe Biden
Joe BidenGOP questions whether Trump will stick to new coronavirus approach Trump administration to give additional B to nursing homes Trump responds to Biden’s accusation of racism by comparing himself to Lincoln MORE, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds.
Thirty-eight percent of registered voters in the July 7-10 survey believe Trump would be better at fighting crime compared to 36 percent who said the same of Biden.
Fourteen percent of voters said the two presidential candidates would do about the same of a job when it comes to fighting crime.
Twelve percent of voters in the poll said they are not sure.
The survey found disparities among race and ethnicity.
A majority of Black voters, 61 percent, have more confidence in Biden when it comes to fighting crime as do a plurality, 35 percent, of Hispanic voters.
By contrast, almost of half of white voters, 47 percent, believe Trump to be better on the issue of crime.
The poll comes as spikes in crime have risen in several U.S. cities.
Trump announced Wednesday he would be sending federal agents to Chicago in efforts to quell the surge of violent crime in the area.
According to a July 17-20 Hill-HarrisX poll, more than a third of registered voters said they are more worried about crime in their area since the start of both the coronavirus pandemic and the protests.
The Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 2,841 registered voters between July 7 and 10. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.9 percentage points.
— Gabriela Schulte
