Factor Most to Blame for School Shootings (June 2018)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 17% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% |
| Insufficient school security | 8% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 14% |
| Poor parenting | 18% |
| Media attention | 6% |
| Drug use | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 8% |
| School building design | 1% |
| Bullying | 13% |
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| category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 34% | 9% | 2% |
| Poor enforcement | 9% | 3% | 3% |
| Insufficient school security | 5% | 4% | 10% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Poor parenting | 10% | 21% | 26% |
| Media attention | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Drug use | 1% | 0% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 12% | 10% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 5% | 9% | 12% |
| School building design | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Bullying | 10% | 23% | 14% |
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| category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 34% | 27% | 38% |
| Poor enforcement | 7% | 13% | 8% |
| Insufficient school security | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 23% | 13% | 15% |
| Poor parenting | 9% | 12% | 9% |
| Media attention | 8% | 3% | 4% |
| Drug use | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 1% | 5% | 2% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 5% | 6% | 5% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Bullying | 8% | 13% | 10% |
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| category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 1% | 4% | 1% |
| Poor enforcement | 5% | 1% | 4% |
| Insufficient school security | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 13% | 13% | 10% |
| Poor parenting | 30% | 20% | 27% |
| Media attention | 4% | 10% | 9% |
| Drug use | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 7% | 12% | 15% |
| School building design | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Bullying | 14% | 18% | 12% |
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| category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 41% | 13% | 3% |
| Poor enforcement | 7% | 8% | 3% |
| Insufficient school security | 3% | 4% | 12% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 19% | 15% | 10% |
| Poor parenting | 8% | 19% | 25% |
| Media attention | 4% | 6% | 8% |
| Drug use | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 3% | 10% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 3% | 6% | 13% |
| School building design | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| Bullying | 9% | 18% | 14% |
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| category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 31% | 36% | 57% |
| Poor enforcement | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Insufficient school security | 3% | 5% | 1% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 23% | 20% | 13% |
| Poor parenting | 6% | 11% | 7% |
| Media attention | 9% | 2% | 2% |
| Drug use | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 2% | 2% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 4% | 5% | 2% |
| School building design | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Bullying | 10% | 8% | 9% |
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| category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 5% | 3% | 0% |
| Poor enforcement | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Insufficient school security | 8% | 10% | 17% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 10% | 14% | 7% |
| Poor parenting | 18% | 25% | 29% |
| Media attention | 12% | 6% | 8% |
| Drug use | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 7% | 11% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 15% | 12% | 13% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Bullying | 16% | 18% | 8% |
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| category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 35% | 4% | 0% |
| Poor enforcement | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| Insufficient school security | 5% | 11% | 13% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Poor parenting | 8% | 24% | 31% |
| Media attention | 4% | 9% | 8% |
| Drug use | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 12% | 7% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 10% | 13% |
| School building design | 2% | 1% | 2% |
| Bullying | 11% | 13% | 13% |
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| category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 16% | 26% | 13% |
| Poor enforcement | 4% | 10% | 7% |
| Insufficient school security | 7% | 9% | 8% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 12% | 15% | 19% |
| Poor parenting | 19% | 10% | 21% |
| Media attention | 7% | 1% | 8% |
| Drug use | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 2% | 5% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 9% | 7% | 5% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Bullying | 14% | 16% | 12% |
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| category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 15% | 18% |
| Poor enforcement | 5% | 6% |
| Insufficient school security | 11% | 5% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 12% | 15% |
| Poor parenting | 20% | 17% |
| Media attention | 6% | 7% |
| Drug use | 2% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 7% | 7% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 8% | 8% |
| School building design | 1% | 2% |
| Bullying | 12% | 14% |
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| category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 22% | 16% | 8% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% | 7% | 3% |
| Insufficient school security | 7% | 8% | 9% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 15% | 14% | 12% |
| Poor parenting | 15% | 17% | 28% |
| Media attention | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Drug use | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Violence in popular culture | 8% | 7% | 6% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 6% | 10% | 9% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Bullying | 14% | 11% | 16% |
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| category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 22% | 17% | 16% | 13% |
| Poor enforcement | 4% | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Insufficient school security | 10% | 4% | 9% | 8% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 18% | 18% | 13% | 9% |
| Poor parenting | 12% | 18% | 19% | 23% |
| Media attention | 11% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
| Drug use | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Violence in popular culture | 4% | 4% | 9% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 5% | 5% | 10% | 12% |
| School building design | 0% | 3% | 2% | 0% |
| Bullying | 12% | 18% | 12% | 10% |
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| category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 21% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 19% | 27% |
| Poor enforcement | 3% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 4% |
| Insufficient school security | 5% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 9% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 16% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 16% | 15% |
| Poor parenting | 10% | 18% | 24% | 28% | 14% | 14% |
| Media attention | 4% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% |
| Drug use | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 6% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 9% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 8% | 7% | 9% | 3% | 12% | 6% |
| School building design | 5% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Bullying | 21% | 18% | 12% | 16% | 9% | 9% |
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| category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 11% | 16% | 17% | 33% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% | 7% | 3% | 4% |
| Insufficient school security | 11% | 6% | 4% | 4% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 11% | 15% | 19% | 15% |
| Poor parenting | 20% | 21% | 14% | 12% |
| Media attention | 5% | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Drug use | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 4% | 10% | 6% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 10% | 8% | 5% | 8% |
| School building design | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Bullying | 14% | 12% | 17% | 11% |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insufficient restrictions | 9% | 14% | 32% |
| Poor enforcement | 6% | 7% | 5% |
| Insufficient school security | 9% | 9% | 5% |
| Insufficient mental health resources | 12% | 13% | 19% |
| Poor parenting | 20% | 21% | 12% |
| Media attention | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Drug use | 3% | 1% | 0% |
| Violence in popular culture | 9% | 7% | 4% |
| Failure to identify potential shooters | 11% | 9% | 7% |
| School building design | 1% | 1% | 0% |
| Bullying | 15% | 12% | 11% |
