Red Flag Law Support (February 2019)

Red Flag Law Support (February 2019)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" 
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Strongly support46%
Somewhat support26%
Somewhat oppose8%
Strongly oppose10%
Don't know/No opinion10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Strongly support70%40%26%
Somewhat support18%25%34%
Somewhat oppose4%8%13%
Strongly oppose3%16%15%
Don't know/No opinion5%12%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Strongly support71%60%74%
Somewhat support18%22%15%
Somewhat oppose5%5%3%
Strongly oppose4%6%2%
Don't know/No opinion3%8%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Strongly support22%33%26%
Somewhat support31%35%36%
Somewhat oppose15%10%12%
Strongly oppose19%14%14%
Don't know/No opinion14%8%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Strongly support73%52%26%
Somewhat support17%23%32%
Somewhat oppose3%6%13%
Strongly oppose3%8%16%
Don't know/No opinion4%12%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Strongly support67%76%73%
Somewhat support17%17%17%
Somewhat oppose6%1%4%
Strongly oppose9%0%1%
Don't know/No opinion2%5%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Strongly support32%25%24%
Somewhat support33%34%31%
Somewhat oppose10%13%15%
Strongly oppose13%16%18%
Don't know/No opinion13%12%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Strongly support43%54%49%
Somewhat support27%26%25%
Somewhat oppose10%5%5%
Strongly oppose11%3%11%
Don't know/No opinion9%12%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Strongly support41%50%
Somewhat support29%23%
Somewhat oppose10%7%
Strongly oppose13%7%
Don't know/No opinion7%12%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Strongly support56%45%34%
Somewhat support23%26%30%
Somewhat oppose6%9%11%
Strongly oppose7%11%13%
Don't know/No opinion8%10%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Strongly support51%48%45%41%
Somewhat support24%24%25%31%
Somewhat oppose10%7%8%9%
Strongly oppose7%10%10%12%
Don't know/No opinion9%10%11%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Strongly support54%39%47%46%49%51%
Somewhat support19%32%21%23%27%22%
Somewhat oppose5%8%9%7%8%12%
Strongly oppose11%9%12%14%7%11%
Don't know/No opinion11%12%11%9%8%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Strongly support42%41%46%65%
Somewhat support26%32%26%16%
Somewhat oppose9%7%12%6%
Strongly oppose12%10%8%7%
Don't know/No opinion12%10%8%6%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing courts to require a person determined to be a risk to themselves or others to temporarily surrender guns in their possession?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Strongly support39%43%63%
Somewhat support27%31%18%
Somewhat oppose9%10%6%
Strongly oppose14%8%6%
Don't know/No opinion12%9%6%

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