Most still favor stricter gun laws, but it's fading as a 2018 voting issue
Source: WBUR
The gun issue is beginning to wane in voters' minds ahead of the November midterm elections, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
While almost half of all registered voters (46 percent) say a candidate's position on gun policy will be a major factor in deciding whom to vote for, that number is down 13 points from February, when a shooting at a Florida high school sparked outrage.
So if Democrats are counting on guns to motivate their voters to get to the polls, maybe they shouldn't. There has been a major drop among Democrats on the issue down 21 points over the past two months. In February, 74 percent of Democrats called it a major factor in deciding their vote in February, but now just 53 percent say so.
The issue has faded among independents, too, dropping from 54 percent to 42 percent who said gun policy would have a major impact on their vote.
Read more: http://www.wbur.org/npr/603909072/most-still-favor-stricter-gun-laws-but-its-fading-as-a-2018-voting-issue
On the plus side, it hasn't dropped nearly as far or as fast as after previous mass shootings. And, the NRA isnt regaining much of any ground in the realm of public opinion.
pwb
(11,276 posts)This will stick. And come back strong. Polls are recent. Death of kids is permanent . Guns will help us win big time no matter what some npr slanted poll says. At least that's how I feel. I won't let it fade away, not here anyway.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)will become more OPENLY receptive to gun restrictions.
George II
(67,782 posts)....the inevitable mid-summer mass shooting.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)It's a sick country we live in right now.
NickB79
(19,253 posts)Pretty messed up that we've now come to expect these sorts of things
George II
(67,782 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Watch out for naysayers.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)If people had longer attention spans, this country wouldn't be in the sh*thole.