{"id":9612,"date":"2020-11-02T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontrowedit.co.uk\/?p=9612"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:21:12","slug":"nyc-businesses-board-up-windows-ahead-of-2020-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frontrowedit.co.uk\/nyc-businesses-board-up-windows-ahead-of-2020-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC BUSINESSES BOARD UP WINDOWS AHEAD OF 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manhattan business owners including Chanel and Levi\u2019s boarded up their storefronts with plywood on Friday afternoon \u2014 as the NYPD warned of potential unrest as the\u00a0presidential election<\/a>\u00a0draws near.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Photo: Bergdorf Goodman, 754 5th Ave<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Workers at retail shops in Soho, which were targeted by looters during unrest this summer, as well as shopkeepers near Washington Square Park were nailing up the wooden panels Friday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: Louis Vuitton, 116 Greene Street<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Polls have shown that Americans across the country\u00a0are concerned\u00a0about post-election violence.\u00a0A JL Partners-Independent poll<\/a>\u00a0found that 72% of voters say they\u2019re concerned about post-election violence.\u00a0A YouGov survey<\/a>\u00a0says 56% of voters expect such unrest after Nov. 3. And a group of scholars who\u00a0wrote an op-ed for Politico<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month said their research shows that about one in three Americans who identify as Democrat or Republican believe violence could be justified to advance their party\u2019s political goals\u00a0\u2013 a substantial increase over the last three years.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: Bloomingdales, Third Avenue & 59th Street\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manhattan business owners including Chanel and Levi\u2019s boarded up their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9615,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,2213,508],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n