Support for Mental Health Background Checks for All Gun Purchases (February 2013)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Strongly support | 61% |
Somewhat support | 17% |
Somewhat oppose | 9% |
Strongly oppose | 8% |
Don't know | 3% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 83% | 58% | 43% |
Somewhat support | 11% | 11% | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 2% | 16% | 14% |
Strongly oppose | 1% | 10% | 14% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 4% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 34% | 44% | 47% |
Somewhat support | 28% | 30% | 21% |
Somewhat oppose | 19% | 10% | 13% |
Strongly oppose | 17% | 12% | 14% |
Don't know | 3% | 4% | 5% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 82% | 78% | 84% |
Somewhat support | 12% | 13% | 10% |
Somewhat oppose | 1% | 4% | 3% |
Strongly oppose | 5% | 0% | 0% |
Don't know | 0% | 3% | 3% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 85% | 75% | 43% |
Somewhat support | 9% | 10% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 7% | 14% |
Strongly oppose | 1% | 3% | 15% |
Don't know | 2% | 4% | 4% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 50% | 48% | 32% |
Somewhat support | 30% | 23% | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 10% | 16% | 13% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 10% | 26% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 5% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 81% | 87% | 88% |
Somewhat support | 16% | 5% | 5% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 6% | 1% |
Strongly oppose | 0% | 0% | 4% |
Don't know | 0% | 2% | 3% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 84% | 60% | 28% |
Somewhat support | 10% | 18% | 25% |
Somewhat oppose | 3% | 11% | 17% |
Strongly oppose | 1% | 8% | 25% |
Don't know | 1% | 2% | 5% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 54% | 78% | 76% |
Somewhat support | 20% | 12% | 14% |
Somewhat oppose | 11% | 3% | 6% |
Strongly oppose | 11% | 3% | 2% |
Don't know | 4% | 4% | 2% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Strongly support | 53% | 68% |
Somewhat support | 20% | 15% |
Somewhat oppose | 11% | 8% |
Strongly oppose | 14% | 4% |
Don't know | 1% | 5% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 70% | 60% | 53% |
Somewhat support | 15% | 17% | 20% |
Somewhat oppose | 4% | 12% | 12% |
Strongly oppose | 7% | 8% | 11% |
Don't know | 4% | 3% | 4% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly support | 76% | 60% | 63% | 63% | 57% | 60% |
Somewhat support | 8% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 21% |
Somewhat oppose | 4% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 12% | 10% |
Strongly oppose | 13% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 12% | 7% |
Don't know | 0% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 3% | 2% |