New Poll Shows How Gun Violence Helped Democrats Fend Off GOP Crime Attacks

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gun-violence-democrats-midterms-giffords_n_638fbc1ce4b09eeedba197a5

A post-election survey from a leading gun violence prevention group suggests that a Democratic focus on gun safety can rebut aggressive GOP messaging on crime, and cites gun control as a potentially winning issue for President Joe Biden if he runs for reelection in 2024.

The survey from Giffords, the eponymous group founded by mass shooting survivor and former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), found that gun violence was a much more important issue than was generally thought before the election. It was one of just a handful of issues ― alongside inflation, jobs, and protecting Social Security and Medicare ― that more than three-quarters of voters said was important to their vote.

Strikingly, while 58% of voters said they were worried about paying their bills, almost the same percentage (57%) said they were worried about their kids returning home safely from school.

“Americans are rightly concerned about crime ― specifically, violent crime,” said Peter Ambler, the group’s executive director. “If you want to use the kitchen-table test, though, what parents are talking about at their kitchen tables each and every day is the threat of gun violence, the threat of school shootings. That’s what strikes fear into their hearts. That’s what is going to be most salient at the ballot box.”