Expanded background checks routinely receive more than 80 percent or 90 percent support in polling. Yet gun control legislation usually gets stymied in Washington and Republicans never seem to pay ...

Many of the latest polls on universal background checks for gun buyers show support at or near 90%. Nearly all were done in 2019. One recent poll, in March 2021, shows support at 84%.

Morning Consult, March 2021: 84% of voters support background checks, including 77% of Republicans.; Politico/Morning Consult, last week: 59% of Americans said passing stricter gun control laws ...

Senators from Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio are facing a backlash for voting against gun control legislation, according to new polling. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska ...

In 2015, for example, a national Public Policy Polling survey of gun owners found overwhelming support (83%) for background checks, a 2018 Gallup poll found that 95% of people supported "requiring ...

transcript. Why Polling on Gun Control Gets It Wrong In surveys, voters say they want gun safety measures. Their votes follow a different pattern.

Washington, D.C. — A new national Public Policy Polling survey of gun owners finds overwhelming support for background checks and a higher likelihood of supporting political candidates who move ...

Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To 'Do Something' About Gun Violence President Trump says he supports "really intelligent background checks." It's unclear what exactly that means, but ...

Democrats, led by President Joe Biden, want Congress to pass gun control legislation, most notably universal background checks, while Republicans are balking. CNN values your feedback 1.

An overwhelming majority of Americans questioned in a poll conducted one day after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas supports background checks on all gun sales. The survey from ...