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2024 North Carolina Public Safety Poll

03/19/2024

North Carolinians are worried about issues of crime and public safety. They see crimes from drug trafficking to retail theft as getting worse. 

1. Do you think enough is being done in North Carolina to combat the fentanyl and opioid crisis?
2. Do you think drug trafficking in North Carolina is increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same?
3. Which of the following four groups do you think is mostly to blame for North Carolina’s fentanyl and opioid crisis?
4. Do you think retail theft in North Carolina is increasing, decreasing, or staying about the same?
5. Do you think North Carolina’s elected officials are doing enough to combat retail theft?
6. How do you feel about the level of manpower and financial resources available to law enforcement in handling the current level of crime in the state?
7. Do you think convenience stores and gas stations in big cities such as Charlotte and Raleigh are generally safe or unsafe places?
8. How often do you avoid convenience stores or gas stations where there are individuals loitering and panhandling around the premises?
9. Would you support requiring the state to offer limited tax credits to businesses that hire private security to protect their employees and customers due to a lack of police presence in their area?
10. Would you be more likely to support tax credits for businesses that hire private security if you knew that North Carolina businesses reported nearly $2 billion in theft last year?
11. How often do you avoid shopping or dining in places where there are homeless individuals sleeping on the streets and in other public locations?
12. How often do you avoid visiting parks and other public recreational areas where there are homeless individuals camping on the grounds?
13. Do you think it is more compassionate to allow homeless individuals to camp wherever they choose or establish designated camping areas with sanitation, water, and security?
14. Would you be more likely to support establishing designated homeless camping areas if they were located away from business and residential areas?
15. Would you be more likely to support establishing designated homeless camping areas if they were drug-free zones?

Results for this poll were collected using a sampling frame that gathered responses from 1,117 likely North Carolina voters during live calls, online panels, and automated telephone interviews conducted by Cor Strategies, Inc.

The survey was conducted February 8–13, 2024. The margin of sampling error is ±2.94 percentage points. The margin of sampling error may be higher or lower for subgroups. Results presented may not always appear to total 100 percent due to rounding.

Data were post-stratified using weighted demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement and the state election authorities. Demographic information for actual voters in past elections was used to construct sample target weights.

Cicero Institute paid for all costs associated with this survey.

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