New Polls: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Background Checks
New polls released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns conducted by Douglas E. Schoen LLC showed likely voters in a wide range of states and congressional districts overwhelmingly support background checks for all gun sales. The average support for background checks for all gun sales among 41 congressional district polls was 89 percent; the average among 21 statewide polls was 86 percent. See polling results for state and congressional district polling below.
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State
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Senator
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NRA Rat.
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% Voters who support BGCs
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AZ |
Sen. Jeff Flake |
A |
90% |
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Sen. John McCain
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B+
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AR |
Sen. Mark Pryor |
C+ |
84% |
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Sen. John Boozman
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A
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FL |
Sen. Marco Rubio |
B+ |
94% |
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Sen. Bill Nelson
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F
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GA |
Sen. Saxby Chambliss |
A+ |
91% |
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Sen. Johnny Isakson
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A
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IN |
Sen. Dan Coats |
C+ |
89% |
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Sen. Joe Donnelly
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A
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IA |
Sen. Check Grassley |
A |
88% |
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Sen. Tom Harkin
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F
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KY |
Sen. Mitch McConnell |
A |
82% |
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Sen. Rand Paul
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A
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LA |
Sen. Mary Landrieu |
C |
85% |
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Sen. David Vitter
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A
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ME |
Sen. Susan Collins |
C+ |
85% |
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Sen. Angus King
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?
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MO |
Sen. Clarke McCaskill |
F |
85% |
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Sen. Roy Blunt
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A
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MT |
Sen. Max Baucus |
A+ |
79% |
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Sen. Jon Tester
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A-
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NV |
Sen. Harry Reid |
B |
86% |
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Sen. Dean Heller
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A
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NH |
Sen. Kelly Ayotte |
A |
89% |
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
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F
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NM |
Sen. Tom Udall |
C- |
83% |
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Sen. Martin Heinrich
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B
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NC |
Sen. Kay Hagan |
F |
90% |
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Sen. Richard Burr
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A
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ND |
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp |
A |
94% |
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Sen. John Hoeven
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A
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OH |
Sen. Rob Portman |
A |
83% |
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Sen. Sherrod Brown
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F
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OK |
Sen. Tom Coburn |
A |
87% |
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Sen. Jim Inhofe
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A+
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PA |
Sen. Bob Casey |
B+ |
88% |
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Sen. Pat Toomey
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A
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SD |
Sen. Tim Johnson |
A |
79% |
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Sen. John Thune
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A+
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UT |
Sen. Orrin Hatch |
A+ |
83% |
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Sen. Mike Lee
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A
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Polling Results from Key Congressional Districts
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State
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Representative
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NRA Rat.
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% Voters who support BGCs
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CA-31 |
Rep. Gary Miller |
A |
97% |
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CA-39 |
Rep. Ed Royce |
A |
91% |
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CA-10 |
Rep. Jeff Denham |
A |
92% |
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CA-21 |
Rep. David Valadao |
A |
85% |
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CA-23 |
Rep. Kevin McCarthy |
A |
88% |
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CA-25 |
Rep. Buck McKeon |
A |
91% |
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CO-3 |
Rep. Scott Tipton |
A |
80% |
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CO-6 |
Rep. Mike Coffman |
A |
83% |
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FL-13 |
Rep. CW "Bill" Young |
B+ |
92% |
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FL-27 |
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen |
A- |
95% |
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FL-9 |
Rep. Alan Grayson |
C+ |
88% |
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IA-3 |
Rep. Tom Latham |
A |
83% |
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MI-6 |
Rep. Fred Upton |
A |
92% |
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MI-7 |
Rep. Tim Walberg |
A |
87% |
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MI-8 |
Rep. Mike Rogers |
A |
87% |
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MN-1 |
Rep. Tim Walz |
A |
85% |
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MN-3 |
Rep. Erik Paulsen |
A |
81% |
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NJ-2 |
Rep. Frank LoBiondo |
A |
95% |
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NJ-3 |
Rep. Jon Runyan |
A |
89% |
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NJ-4 |
Rep. Chris Smith |
C+ |
100% |
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NJ-5 |
Rep. Scott Garrett |
A |
91% |
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NJ-7 |
Rep. Leonard Lance |
A- |
92% |
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NJ-11 |
Rep. Rodney Frellinghuysen |
B- |
97% |
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NM-3 |
Rep. Ben Lujan |
B |
97% |
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NV-3 |
Rep. Joe Heck |
A |
88% |
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NY-19 |
Rep. Chris Gibson |
A |
94% |
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NY-23 |
Rep. Tom Reed |
A |
94% |
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OH-10 |
Rep. Mike Turner |
A |
84% |
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OH-13 |
Rep. Tim Ryan |
A- |
88% |
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OH-14 |
Rep. David Joyce |
A |
79% |
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PA-6 |
Rep. Jim Gerlach |
A |
96% |
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PA-7 |
Rep. Pat Meehan |
A |
96% |
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PA-8 |
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick |
A |
96% |
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PA-15 |
Rep. Charles Dent |
A |
90% |
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VA-2 |
Rep. Scott Rigell |
A- |
85% |
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VA-6 |
Rep. Bob Goodlatte |
A |
89% |
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VA-10 |
Rep. Frank Wolf |
B+ |
88% |
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WA-8 |
Rep. Dave Reichert |
B |
80% |
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WI-6 |
Rep. Tom Petri |
A |
87% |
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WI-8 |
Rep. Reid Ribble |
A |
84% |
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