Overview

• An NPR–Ipsos poll finds 49% oppose sending the National Guard to a major city in their state for law enforcement, 38% support the move, and 12% are unsure.
• Despite high concern about crime, only 34% back deployments to their local area and 37% support the Guard’s continued presence in Washington, D.C.
• Perceptions diverge by scale, with 48% saying crime is rising nationally compared with 23% who say it is increasing in their own city or community.
• The partisan divide is pronounced, with roughly eight in ten Republicans supportive of deployments, most Democrats opposed, and independents more likely to oppose than support.
• The polling arrives as President Trump presses new missions in Memphis and orders troops to Portland, even as protests continue and a federal judge has ruled the Los Angeles deployment illegal.