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> Why it matters: The drop in violent crime puts a serious dent in one of the most frequently used lines of attack by former President Trump and his allies, who

> Why it matters: The drop in violent crime puts a serious dent in one of the most frequently used lines of attack by former President Trump and his allies, who have sought to tie Democrats to the issue since 2020. Maybe I'm missing the context of this publication/author as something focused specifically on electoral politics, but I find it strange that a dramatic drop in "homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault" in many cities "matters" according to this author, only because of its implications for the upcoming presidential election.

tivert 2y ago
>> Why it matters: The drop in violent crime puts a serious dent in one of the most frequently used lines of attack by former President Trump and his allies, who have sought to tie Democrats to the issue since 2020. > Maybe I'm missing the context of this publication/author as something focused specifically on electoral politics, but I find it strange that a dramatic drop in "homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault" in many cities "matters" according to this author, only because of its implications for the upcoming presidential election. Honestly, the only people reading this stuff are political junkies who mostly care about their side winning in November. It also appears to be a national number, and those are totally irrelevant to people's everyday lives. Also, this number is about violent crime, and I recall lots of people defending San Francisco's crime situation by pointing its murder rate, when people were actually complaining about things like car break-ins, brazen shoplifting, open-air drug use, etc. So this number is mostly useful for bullshit and spin (e.g. "President Biden immediately seized on the new preliminary violent crime numbers showing a decline to tout the Our American Rescue Plan's assistance to police and gun violence legislation.").

tivert 2y ago

>> Why it matters: The drop in violent crime puts a serious dent in one of the most frequently used lines of attack by former President Trump and his allies, who have sought to tie Democrats to the issue since 2020. > Maybe I'm missing the context of this publication/author as something focused specifically on electoral politics, but I find it strange that a dramatic drop in "homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault" in many cities "matters" according to this author, only because of its implications for the upcoming presidential election. Honestly, the only people reading this stuff are political junkies who mostly care about their side winning in November. It also appears to be a national number, and those are totally irrelevant to people's everyday lives. Also, this number is about violent crime, and I recall lots of people defending San Francisco's crime situation by pointing its murder rate, when people were actually complaining about things like car break-ins, brazen shoplifting, open-air drug use, etc. So this number is mostly useful for bullshit and spin (e.g. "President Biden immediately seized on the new preliminary violent crime numbers showing a decline to tout the Our American Rescue Plan's assistance to police and gun violence legislation.").