As shown in previous surveys, the highest income people, the ones with the most education, are least likely to be very concerned about illegal immigration. The data for the Rasmussen Reports Survey is available here....
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New Economist/YouGov Poll Puts Guns as Tied with Civil Rights for the 6th most Important Among USA Adults
Asking whether "guns" are an important issue for Americans is not particularly useful as both those concerned about the right to self-defense and gun control advocates may both answer yes. While a new Economist/YouGov poll (p. 36) from March 24-26, 2024 has guns and...
Who are those least concerned about Violent Crime Getting Worse?: Democrats, Liberals, those earning the highest incomes, and those who went to Graduate School. These groups are much less concerned than blacks.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey conducted October 5th and 8th-9th, 2023 finds that blacks are at least twice as likely to be concerned about rising violent crime as Democrats, Liberals, and those earning the highest incomes. Blacks are also slightly more likely to be...
Would you want to live or not live in a state with increasing taxes, that allowed minors to get gender surgery without parental permission, that encouraged undocumented immigrants, that allowed abortions up to 9 months, had more restrictions on legal gun ownership, and allowed felons to vote? 66% to 34% say No
The Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll shows that the vast majority of Americans would rather live in states with Republican policies than Democrat ones, though it isn't clear which policies are most driving their preference. Only liberals (by a 63-to-37 percent margin) and...
54% of Protestant Churches in the US Rely on Armed Church Members for Protection
Fifty-seven percent of Protestant churches have a plan for an active shooter attack, and 95% have armed church members (54% of all protestant churches). That 54% in 2022 is up from 45% in 2019. At the same time, the churches with armed private security fell from 23%...
New Rasmussen Survey: Like surveys before the election, most believe mail-in voting encourages fraud. The highest-income people, the ones with the most education, are least likely to be very concerned about preventing cheating in elections.
Before the election, at the end of September, likely voters by a 62%-to-36% margin thought that preventing cheating in elections was more important than making voting easier for everybody. A new Rasmussen Reports Survey shows voters holding the same views, though not...
New Rasmussen Survey: The highest income people, the ones with the most education, are least likely to be very concerned about preventing cheating in elections
A Rasmussen Reports Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on September 28-29, 2022, shows that Americans are very concerned about vote fraud. Surprisingly, given the fear that voter IDs other anti-fraud measures will prevent the poorest and least educated from...
New New York Times poll shows that only 1% of Likely Voters think guns are the most important problem facing the country today
In a new New York Times poll (October 17-21, 2022), while 26% of likely voters think that the economy is the most important problem facing the United States today, 18% think that it is inflation, and 5% think it is immigration, just 1% mention gun control policies....
At Real Clear Politics: Media Spin on Gun Control Doesn’t Match Voters’ Opinions
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece up at Real Clear Politics. Red Flag laws are the top priority of Democrats and gun control advocates. Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly support these measures -- by margins ranging between 2-1 and 3-1. Congress...
Original Research: Support for Red Flag Laws Depends on People not understanding how Red Flag Laws Operate
The Crime Prevention Research Center hired McLaughlin & Associates to survey Red Flag Laws for 1,000 general election voters from July 21st to 24th, 2022. The survey asked people whether they supported Red Flag Laws, then asked whether they still supported it when...
Survey: By a 49%-to-37% margin, Americans support armed teachers to stop school shootings, those with children are much more supportive
Rasmussen Reports has a new national survey of 1,000 American Adults on August 21-22, 2022, showing that by a 49%-to-37% margin, Americans support armed teachers to stop school shootings. This is a significant change from their February 28, 2018 survey, where...
New Rasmussen Survey: The highest income people, the ones with the most education, are least likely to be very concerned about violent crime
A new Rasmussen Reports Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on August 17-18, 2022, shows that Americans are very concerned about violent crime, with 61% very concerned and 25% somewhat concerned. Only 12% are not concerned, and 1% are not sure. The agreement...