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Why Polling on Gun Control Gets It Wrong

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Can a Political Campaign Turn Gun Rights Into a Politics Debate?

Sally Kohn: There seems to be discrepancies and problems with poling that apply to everything, right? Where do guns specifically fit into this? So i think you're right that everything i've said so far could be said to apply for almost every issue. And clearly, what we see on these gun control referendums an order of magnitude bigger than the typical issue, right? 90 % support just almost entirely evaporating in republican areas. That says t there's something more going on here.Kohn: About half the public has this deep connection to gun rights and supports gunrights. A political campaign can activate that support and quickly flip ders who initially say they support background checks

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