Amid a Series of Mass Shootings in the U.S., Gun Policy Remains Deeply Divisive
While a few proposals continue to garner bipartisan support, partisan divisions on others – including a ban on assault-style weapons – have grown wider.
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While a few proposals continue to garner bipartisan support, partisan divisions on others – including a ban on assault-style weapons – have grown wider.
The share of adults who are “basically content” with the federal government has risen to the highest point since 2004, driven by Democrats.
Among all U.S. adults, 63% favor making tuition at public colleges free, including 37% who strongly favor the proposal.
Republican support for allowing undocumented immigrants to remain legally in the United States has declined.
“Saddened, hurt, disgusted,” one woman in her 50s said. “Never thought I would see anything like this in my life.”
With less than five months until the 2020 elections, Americans are deeply unhappy with the state of the nation.
A majority of Republicans now say that when thinking about the problems facing the country from the coronavirus, “the worst is behind us.” Just 23% of Democrats say the same.
Republicans express intensely negative views of “socialism” and very positive views of “capitalism.” Majorities of Democrats view both terms positively.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) said in August that the U.S. Supreme Court has the right amount of power.
Overall, 70% of U.S. adults favor allowing any voter to vote by mail if they want to.
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