Factor Most to Blame for Mass Shootings (October 2017)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 24% |
| Current gun laws | 21% |
| Drug use | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 5% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 5% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 4% |
| Unstable family situations | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 10% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 10% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 16% | 33% | 28% |
| Current gun laws | 43% | 12% | 4% |
| Drug use | 1% | 0% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 1% | 7% | 9% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 12% | 9% | 16% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 6% | 7% | 4% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 5% | 11% | 15% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 11% | 9% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 20% | 20% | 13% |
| Current gun laws | 43% | 33% | 48% |
| Drug use | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 14% | 13% | 11% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 6% | 2% | 3% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 4% | 2% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 3% | 9% | 3% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 9% | 12% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 29% | 31% | 24% |
| Current gun laws | 1% | 8% | 3% |
| Drug use | 1% | 3% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 5% | 11% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 18% | 14% | 15% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 2% | 7% | 4% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 7% | 1% | 5% |
| Unstable family situations | 2% | 11% | 11% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 19% | 9% | 18% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 11% | 11% | 5% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 19% | 25% | 26% |
| Current gun laws | 48% | 20% | 4% |
| Drug use | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Violence in popular culture | 1% | 1% | 10% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 13% | 12% | 15% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 2% | 6% | 6% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 3% | 3% | 6% |
| Unstable family situations | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 4% | 13% | 13% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 15% | 9% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 24% | 18% | 16% |
| Current gun laws | 32% | 49% | 62% |
| Drug use | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 20% | 12% | 9% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 5% | 1% | 0% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Unstable family situations | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 7% | 10% | 3% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 35% | 27% | 20% |
| Current gun laws | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Drug use | 4% | 1% | 5% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 14% | 8% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 15% | 14% | 16% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 4% | 7% | 7% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 4% | 5% | 7% |
| Unstable family situations | 4% | 9% | 9% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 13% | 9% | 17% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 10% | 8% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 16% | 31% | 27% |
| Current gun laws | 46% | 5% | 3% |
| Drug use | 1% | 3% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 2% | 7% | 13% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 10% | 14% | 15% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 4% | 12% | 0% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 4% | 2% | 8% |
| Unstable family situations | 3% | 7% | 8% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 5% | 14% | 17% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 6% | 6% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 25% | 16% | 24% |
| Current gun laws | 19% | 29% | 23% |
| Drug use | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 14% | 14% | 11% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 4% | 5% | 10% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 5% | 4% | 3% |
| Unstable family situations | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 11% | 6% | 12% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 9% | 20% | 6% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 25% | 23% |
| Current gun laws | 19% | 23% |
| Drug use | 2% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 6% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 14% | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 4% | 6% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 5% | 4% |
| Unstable family situations | 7% | 4% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 11% | 10% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 10% | 10% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 17% | 28% | 23% |
| Current gun laws | 31% | 20% | 9% |
| Drug use | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 13% | 11% | 19% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 8% | 4% | 4% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 3% | 5% | 5% |
| Unstable family situations | 5% | 6% | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 8% | 9% | 19% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 9% | 9% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 23% | 28% | 23% | 21% |
| Current gun laws | 30% | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| Drug use | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 2% | 1% | 5% | 12% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 14% | 15% | 14% | 11% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 9% | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 2% | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Unstable family situations | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 8% | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 6% | 15% | 10% | 7% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 9% | 23% | 30% | 23% | 23% | 19% |
| Current gun laws | 22% | 18% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 29% |
| Drug use | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 2% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 20% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 18% | 8% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 20% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 1% | 2% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 2% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 7% |
| Unstable family situations | 0% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 9% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 8% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 14% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 19% | 30% | 24% | 25% |
| Current gun laws | 15% | 19% | 28% | 35% |
| Drug use | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 15% | 9% | 19% | 13% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 6% | 7% | 1% | 3% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% |
| Unstable family situations | 8% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 12% | 11% | 9% | 5% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 10% | 8% | 6% |
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| category | The Bible is the word of God, to be taken literally | The Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literally | The Bible is a book written by men |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failures of the mental health system | 19% | 30% | 20% |
| Current gun laws | 13% | 19% | 36% |
| Drug use | 2% | 3% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Spread of extremist points of view on the internet | 13% | 13% | 14% |
| Insufficient security at public buildings | 7% | 5% | 1% |
| Inflamatory language from political commentators | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Unstable family situations | 7% | 5% | 4% |
| Media attention given to perpetrators | 14% | 10% | 8% |
| Don't know/no opinion | 12% | 8% | 7% |
