More than one in four U.S. registered voters (26%) say they would vote only for a candidate who shares their views on gun control — about double the 11% to 15% who said this in the year after the 1999 Columbine High School massacre. The majority, 54%, say it is […] Read more »
How Policies Discussed in Democratic Debate Fare With the Public
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the two most prominent candidates who took part in Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas, talked about or referenced a wide variety of proposals and issue positions as they attempted to win the support of the Democratic base. Gallup looks at how different subjects […] Read more »
Americans’ Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply
Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014. CONT. Art Swift, Gallup Read more »
Most gun owners don’t belong to the NRA — and they don’t agree with it either
… Given its high profile, it’s easy to assume that the NRA represents the voice of American gun owners. But in fact, the organization’s membership numbers and survey data point a different picture. Only a small fraction of the nation’s gun owners are NRA members. Even among NRA members, there […] Read more »
How Democrats Lost Their Fear and Regained Their Voice on Guns
… Beyond her personal convictions, there are legitimate political reasons why Hillary Clinton is moving so aggressively. Gun control mostly remains popular among the voters—and in the states—that Democrats need to capture the presidency. Equally important, Democratic presidential nominees don’t rely nearly as much as they did in Bill Clinton’s […] Read more »
Why Hillary Clinton Feels Safe Running To The Left Of Bernie Sanders On Guns
Democrats get dyspeptic trying to understand why, despite the large majorities of Americans who favor specific gun control laws, Congress has done nothing. But the answer to that conundrum also explains why Hillary Clinton felt free to propose stronger gun controls than Bernie Sanders has. CONT. Marc Ambinder, FiveThirtyEight Read more »