Should Gun Control Laws Be More or Less Strict (June 2018)
category | Total |
---|---|
More strict | 51% |
Less strict | 13% |
Left as they are now | 31% |
Don't know / No opinion | 5% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 83% | 45% | 22% |
Less strict | 5% | 11% | 20% |
Left as they are now | 7% | 34% | 53% |
Don't know / No opinion | 5% | 11% | 4% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 82% | 80% | 84% |
Less strict | 7% | 3% | 5% |
Left as they are now | 6% | 12% | 5% |
Don't know / No opinion | 4% | 4% | 6% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 18% | 30% | 20% |
Less strict | 27% | 15% | 20% |
Left as they are now | 54% | 47% | 57% |
Don't know / No opinion | 1% | 7% | 4% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 87% | 56% | 24% |
Less strict | 5% | 7% | 21% |
Left as they are now | 6% | 26% | 50% |
Don't know / No opinion | 2% | 11% | 4% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 87% | 86% | 89% |
Less strict | 1% | 6% | 8% |
Left as they are now | 9% | 6% | 2% |
Don't know / No opinion | 4% | 2% | 1% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 38% | 20% | 20% |
Less strict | 14% | 22% | 24% |
Left as they are now | 42% | 53% | 52% |
Don't know / No opinion | 5% | 5% | 3% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 84% | 31% | 12% |
Less strict | 4% | 17% | 29% |
Left as they are now | 7% | 49% | 56% |
Don't know / No opinion | 4% | 4% | 3% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 42% | 73% | 60% |
Less strict | 15% | 7% | 10% |
Left as they are now | 39% | 9% | 24% |
Don't know / No opinion | 4% | 10% | 6% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
More strict | 44% | 57% |
Less strict | 18% | 8% |
Left as they are now | 34% | 27% |
Don't know / No opinion | 3% | 7% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 62% | 49% | 36% |
Less strict | 9% | 14% | 16% |
Left as they are now | 21% | 31% | 45% |
Don't know / No opinion | 8% | 5% | 3% |
category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
More strict | 52% | 58% | 49% | 44% |
Less strict | 19% | 14% | 12% | 9% |
Left as they are now | 18% | 20% | 35% | 44% |
Don't know / No opinion | 10% | 8% | 4% | 3% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
More strict | 50% | 48% | 46% | 52% | 53% | 63% |
Less strict | 17% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% |
Left as they are now | 21% | 35% | 33% | 31% | 29% | 25% |
Don't know / No opinion | 13% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 5% | 1% |
category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
More strict | 46% | 49% | 49% | 66% |
Less strict | 14% | 15% | 12% | 9% |
Left as they are now | 33% | 31% | 36% | 19% |
Don't know / No opinion | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% |
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 |
---|---|---|---|
More strict | 43% | 47% | 71% |
Less strict | 18% | 13% | 8% |
Left as they are now | 32% | 36% | 19% |
Don't know / No opinion | 7% | 4% | 2% |