Black adults and young people most likely to say spending on police should be decreased % who say spending on policing in your area should be Decreased Decreased Increased Increased
About four-in-ten Black adults (42%) say spending on police in their area should decrease, including 22% who say spending should be decreased a lot. One-third of Black adults say spending should stay the same, while 22% say it should be increased.
Black adults and young people most likely to say  | spending on police should be decreased  | % who say spending on policing in your area should be  | Decreased Decreased Increased Increased  | Stay about  | a lot  | a little  | little  | lot  | the same  | Total  | 11 31 NET  | NET 25 12  | 42  | White  | 21  | 9  | 11 33  | 44  | Black  | 42  | 22  | 10 22  | 33  | Hispanic  | 24 12  | 13  | 39  | 37  | Ages 18-29  | 45  | 25  | 22  | 32  | 30-49  | 28 12  | 10 29  | 42  | 50-64  | 17  | 14  | 37  | 45  | 65+  | 13 3  | 47  | 14  | 38  | 8 2  | 16  | 46  | Rep/ Lean Rep  | 45  | Dem/ Lean Dem  | 41  | 20  | 19  | 38  | Notes: No answer responses not shown. White and Black adults include those who report  | being only one race and are not Hispanic; Hispanics are of any race.  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted June 16-22, 2020.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 