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Vanderbilt Nashville poll: Overwhelming support shown for police body cams, community oversight
Approval of elected officials, education decline
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and last updated 2021-04-15 15:42:06-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A new Vanderbilt University poll offers a glimpse at how residents of Davidson County feel about some key issues in Nashville, including the city s elected officials, police operations, education, COVID-19 and vaccines.
The poll - conducted from March 8 through March 30 - represents 1,006 registered county voters. It is conducted each year by Vanderbilt University s Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
Elected official, institution approval ratings decline
The approval rating for every elected official represented in the poll saw a decline. Despite that, the drops on most were less than ten percent, with all but Mayor John Cooper still at or above 60%.
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