Biden said crime isn't 'a red or blue issue -- it's an American issue.' What do Americans think?

Biden should focus on "the initiating factors in crime," a Democrat said.

President Joe Biden has focused the opening months of his presidency largely on domestic issues, including crime and gun violence. Last month, he unveiled a multi-tiered strategy on gun crime that includes giving federal resources to police departments and letting communities use pandemic relief funds for prevention programs, including the hiring of counselors and social workers. "This shouldn't be a red or blue issue -- it's an American issue," Biden said at the time. But how to deal with crime, particularly during ongoing conversations regarding the role of policing and alternative crime prevention matters, tends to splinter along party lines -- and within the parties themselves. Not all Democrats are in lockstep with Biden's plans, and some Republicans agree with them. Some 26% of Democrats disapprove of Biden's work on crime, according to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, while only 6% of Republicans approve of how Biden has handled the issue.