One month before voters cast their ballots in 2019 for seven of nine seats on the Seattle City Council, just 10% of registered voters said the police department was their top issue, while 70% named homelessness or housing, according to a Crosscut/Elway Poll at the time.
But while the current council may not have been elected with an eye toward policing, the summer’s protests made it one of the defining issues. The legislative body became the face of the “defund” movement locally and nationally, as a majority of members pledged cuts of up to 50% of the Seattle Police Department budget.
This November, Seattle voters will choose their next mayor, two city council members and
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