Factor Most to Blame for School Shootings (April 2023)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 24% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% |
| Poor enforcement | 11% |
| Poor parenting | 11% |
| Insufficient school security | 9% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% |
| Bullying | 7% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% |
| Drug use | 4% |
| Media attention | 4% |
| Law enforcement training | 3% |
| School building design | 2% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 45% | 23% | 8% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 8% | 8% | 13% |
| Poor enforcement | 14% | 8% | 6% |
| Poor parenting | 7% | 8% | 16% |
| Insufficient school security | 4% | 12% | 13% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 8% | 13% |
| Bullying | 3% | 8% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 5% | 8% | 7% |
| Drug use | 4% | 0% | 5% |
| Media attention | 3% | 8% | 6% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 8% | 1% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 41% | 40% | 47% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 7% | 9% | 8% |
| Poor enforcement | 8% | 14% | 15% |
| Poor parenting | 9% | 12% | 5% |
| Insufficient school security | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 5% | 4% | 2% |
| Bullying | 7% | 1% | 3% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 5% | 4% | 5% |
| Drug use | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Media attention | 10% | 2% | 1% |
| Law enforcement training | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| School building design | 0% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 3% | 12% | 9% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% | 9% | 16% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| Poor parenting | 18% | 16% | 15% |
| Insufficient school security | 14% | 14% | 13% |
| Violence in popular culture | 20% | 14% | 10% |
| Bullying | 7% | 9% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 3% | 9% | 8% |
| Drug use | 6% | 2% | 5% |
| Media attention | 9% | 5% | 4% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| School building design | 2% | 5% | 2% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 47% | 25% | 7% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 10% | 8% | 14% |
| Poor enforcement | 10% | 15% | 9% |
| Poor parenting | 4% | 10% | 16% |
| Insufficient school security | 3% | 9% | 14% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 8% | 11% |
| Bullying | 4% | 6% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 8% | 7% | 5% |
| Drug use | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Media attention | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 42% | 52% | 46% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% | 5% | 15% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% | 13% | 9% |
| Poor parenting | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| Insufficient school security | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Bullying | 2% | 5% | 4% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 11% | 7% | 7% |
| Drug use | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| Media attention | 10% | 1% | 1% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| School building design | 0% | 1% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 10% | 8% | 4% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 10% | 13% | 18% |
| Poor enforcement | 18% | 7% | 4% |
| Poor parenting | 9% | 17% | 18% |
| Insufficient school security | 8% | 14% | 18% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% | 12% | 12% |
| Bullying | 9% | 10% | 7% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Drug use | 9% | 2% | 4% |
| Media attention | 7% | 7% | 3% |
| Law enforcement training | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| School building design | 8% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 23% | 31% | 23% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% | 6% | 14% |
| Poor enforcement | 7% | 20% | 13% |
| Poor parenting | 14% | 5% | 8% |
| Insufficient school security | 11% | 7% | 9% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 3% | 6% |
| Bullying | 8% | 6% | 5% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| Drug use | 2% | 7% | 6% |
| Media attention | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Law enforcement training | 1% | 5% | 4% |
| School building design | 2% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 22% | 26% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 10% | 12% |
| Poor enforcement | 11% | 11% |
| Poor parenting | 14% | 7% |
| Insufficient school security | 11% | 8% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% | 8% |
| Bullying | 5% | 8% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 7% |
| Drug use | 4% | 4% |
| Media attention | 5% | 4% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 3% |
| School building design | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 29% | 25% | 13% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 6% | 12% | 19% |
| Poor enforcement | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Poor parenting | 10% | 10% | 13% |
| Insufficient school security | 9% | 9% | 13% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 8% | 10% |
| Bullying | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 7% | 7% | 4% |
| Drug use | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Media attention | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| School building design | 3% | 2% | 2% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 23% | 28% | 24% | 20% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 13% | 14% | 11% | 8% |
| Poor enforcement | 15% | 12% | 11% | 6% |
| Poor parenting | 5% | 8% | 13% | 14% |
| Insufficient school security | 8% | 7% | 10% | 13% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 5% | 10% | 13% |
| Bullying | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 8% | 4% | 9% |
| Drug use | 7% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Media attention | 9% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Law enforcement training | 2% | 4% | 3% | 0% |
| School building design | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 12% | 22% | 21% | 14% | 26% | 40% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 17% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 7% |
| Poor enforcement | 17% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| Poor parenting | 0% | 13% | 6% | 15% | 12% | 8% |
| Insufficient school security | 26% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 8% |
| Violence in popular culture | 5% | 8% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 14% |
| Bullying | 10% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 10% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 9% | 4% |
| Drug use | 2% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% |
| Media attention | 0% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 3% | 2% |
| Law enforcement training | 0% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| School building design | 0% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 0% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 18% | 23% | 27% | 40% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% | 9% | 14% | 16% |
| Poor enforcement | 12% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
| Poor parenting | 12% | 11% | 8% | 6% |
| Insufficient school security | 13% | 9% | 7% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 9% | 9% | 4% |
| Bullying | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 5% | 10% | 7% |
| Drug use | 5% | 5% | 3% | 1% |
| Media attention | 3% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
| Law enforcement training | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| School building design | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
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| Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions on guns | 12% | 26% | 44% | 18% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 10% | 11% | 11% | 22% |
| Poor enforcement | 12% | 11% | 10% | 12% |
| Poor parenting | 14% | 9% | 8% | 7% |
| Insufficient school security | 14% | 9% | 3% | 10% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 8% | 5% | 9% |
| Bullying | 9% | 6% | 5% | 1% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 7% | 8% | 4% |
| Drug use | 6% | 3% | 1% | 8% |
| Media attention | 3% | 6% | 4% | 2% |
| Law enforcement training | 4% | 2% | 1% | 6% |
| School building design | 2% | 3% | 1% | 0% |
