Factor Most to Blame for Mass Shootings (June 2022)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 25% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 20% |
| Unstable family situations | 13% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 10% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 8% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 7% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% |
| Violence in popular culture | 5% |
| Drug use | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 50% | 17% | 6% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 13% | 23% | 25% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 12% | 21% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 15% | 10% | 6% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 4% | 4% | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 2% | 7% | 11% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 3% | 8% |
| Drug use | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 14% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 40% | 40% | 58% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 17% | 16% | 9% |
| Unstable family situations | 1% | 6% | 3% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 22% | 17% | 11% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 4% | 6% | 4% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Inflammatory political language | 7% | 6% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 1% | 3% |
| Drug use | 0% | 0% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 5% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 4% | 13% | 4% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 23% | 24% | 26% |
| Unstable family situations | 19% | 19% | 23% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 9% | 4% | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 14% | 13% | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 14% | 10% | 10% |
| Inflammatory political language | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% | 9% | 8% |
| Drug use | 4% | 3% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 4% | 4% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 51% | 24% | 9% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 12% | 20% | 25% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 9% | 21% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 18% | 9% | 6% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 4% | 5% | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 2% | 7% | 10% |
| Inflammatory political language | 4% | 7% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 1% | 4% | 8% |
| Drug use | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 14% | 4% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 48% | 50% | 55% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 12% | 13% | 12% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 17% | 20% | 15% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 12% | 3% | 0% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| Inflammatory political language | 3% | 3% | 7% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 1% | 1% |
| Drug use | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 13% | 7% | 8% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 18% | 27% | 27% |
| Unstable family situations | 18% | 23% | 21% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 11% | 3% | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 14% | 15% | 11% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 12% | 10% | 9% |
| Inflammatory political language | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 9% | 8% |
| Drug use | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 1% | 6% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 22% | 30% | 27% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 21% | 15% | 20% |
| Unstable family situations | 17% | 4% | 9% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 10% | 13% | 8% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 9% | 5% | 5% |
| Inflammatory political language | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 4% | 4% |
| Drug use | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 12% | 9% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 20% | 29% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 24% | 16% |
| Unstable family situations | 12% | 13% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 10% | 10% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 10% | 7% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 7% | 7% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% | 5% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 6% |
| Drug use | 2% | 2% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 6% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 26% | 27% | 15% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 15% | 22% | 24% |
| Unstable family situations | 10% | 13% | 17% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 13% | 8% | 11% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 6% | 9% | 9% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 7% | 6% | 10% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% | 5% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 4% | 5% |
| Drug use | 4% | 1% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 4% | 6% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 30% | 21% | 23% | 28% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 23% | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Unstable family situations | 6% | 13% | 15% | 13% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 12% | 10% | 9% | 10% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 7% | 10% | 6% | 11% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 4% | 7% | 8% | 7% |
| Inflammatory political language | 6% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 0% | 6% | 6% | 5% |
| Drug use | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 8% | 5% | 3% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 4% | 18% | 24% | 29% | 30% | 27% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 17% | 27% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Unstable family situations | 0% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 15% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 25% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 16% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 7% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 10% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 34% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% |
| Drug use | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 12% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 20% | 22% | 26% | 36% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 18% | 21% | 22% | 21% |
| Unstable family situations | 18% | 12% | 13% | 4% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 6% | 8% | 9% | 21% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 10% | 10% | 5% | 5% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 9% | 7% | 5% | 2% |
| Inflammatory political language | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 6% | 2% | 1% |
| Drug use | 2% | 3% | 3% | 0% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 5% | 11% | 6% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current gun laws | 15% | 20% | 42% | 21% |
| Failures of the mental health system | 20% | 22% | 18% | 14% |
| Unstable family situations | 17% | 15% | 6% | 8% |
| Spread of extremism on the internet | 5% | 9% | 17% | 4% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 13% | 8% | 5% | 4% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 7% | 9% | 4% | 8% |
| Inflammatory political language | 7% | 4% | 3% | 5% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 6% | 1% | 12% |
| Drug use | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 4% | 4% | 20% |
