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    Obama Maintains Approval Advantage, but GOP Runs Even on Key Issues

    Overview President Obama continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard. Obama’s job approval is back in positive territory at 51%, after slipping to 47% in March. By comparison, just 22% approve of the job Republican leaders in Congress are doing, among the lowest approval rating for congressional leaders from either […]

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    Mixed Reactions to Senate Gun Vote

    Overview The key Senate vote that halted gun control legislation last week is drawing a mixed reaction from the American public: 47% express negative feelings about the vote while 39% have a positive reaction to the Senate’s rejection of gun control legislation that included background checks on gun purchases. Overall, 15% say they are angry […]

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    Chapter 5: Context

    Crime News Americans are hearing less about crime these days on their local television newscasts than they did a few years ago, but crime remains a common type of story on these local broadcasts, trailing only traffic and weather. According to the “The State of the News Media 2013” report from Pew Research Center’s Project […]

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    Gun Debate Draws More Interest than Immigration Policy Debate

    Overview As Congress returns to Washington to resume work on gun control and immigration legislation, the public is paying far closer attention to news about the gun control debate than news about the debate over immigration policy. A national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted April 4-7 among 1,003 adults, finds 37% say they […]

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    References

    Blumstein, Alfred, and Richard Rosenfeld. 2008. “Factors Contributing to U.S. Crime Trends.” In National Research Council, Understanding Crime Trends: Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. “Completing the Count: Civilian Firearms.” 2007. In Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Congressional Research […]

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    Chapter 7: Partisanship, Policy Views, Values

    The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender population is one of the most Democratic demographic groups in the country. According to the 2012 national exit polls conducted by the National Election Pool, gay, lesbian, and bisexual adults voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney by more than three-to-one (76% vs. 22%). This Democratic advantage can be […]

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    Section 2: Opinions of Gun Owners, Non-Gun Owners

    People in non-gun-owning households have more positive views about the possible impact of stricter gun laws than those who live in a household with a gun. Majorities of those in non-gun households say that stricter gun laws would reduce deaths from mass shootings (66%) and accidents (65%), and would keep guns away from criminals (63%). […]