With total gun-related deaths reaching new highs in recent years, growing shares of Americans view both gun violence and violent crime as very big national problems. Looking ahead, twice as many Americans expect the level of gun violence to increase rather than stay about the same over the next five […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Americans want stricter gun control, but they’re divided on whether guns make public places safer
Most Americans continue to say gun control laws should be generally stricter, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, which finds broad support for preventing people under the age of 21 from buying any type of gun. At the same time, the country remains closely divided about how […] Read more »
Marquette Law School Poll finds Trump and DeSantis leading Biden in head-to-head matches, DeSantis losing ground to Trump in primary
A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds that, as the race for president in 2024 now stands, Democratic President Joe Biden trails Republican former President Donald Trump by 5 percentage points among registered voters, with 52% for Trump and 47% for Biden. Biden also trails Republican Florida Gov. […] Read more »
Where voters stand on Biden and Trump’s mental fitness as the 2024 race takes off
As the field of candidates running for president grows, more Americans are concerned about the mental fitness of the two leading candidates than not, a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll finds. A month into Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, 62 percent of Americans say that the question of his mental fitness is […] Read more »
Guns as a public health threat
Earlier this month, after experiencing a set of rare, back-to-back mass shootings, authorities in Serbia moved quickly to announce “an almost complete disarming of Serbia,” which included mass gun surrendering, tighter restrictions on gun ownership, and harsher penalties for illegal gun ownership. Gun control measures move much slower in the […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun limits over arming citizens to reduce gun violence
After a series of mass shootings this spring, including the killing of several students at a private Christian school in Tennessee, voters would prefer focusing on specific gun control measures rather than arming citizens to reduce gun violence. A new Fox News Poll finds most voters favor the following proposals: […] Read more »