Author: MinnPost

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While violent crime has diminished as a priority for Minnesotans in recent years, a stark divide between voters’ political affiliations and their perception of safety in the Twin Cities persists, according to a new MinnPost-Embold Research poll. Only about a quarter of 1,616 likely voters across the state surveyed between Sept. 4-8 had violent crime as one of their top four priorities, which is down from 31% in last year’s poll and 42% in 2022. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 2.8 percentage points. Public safety has fallen as a prominent election issue when compared to the…

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