Opinion Today
June 8, 2022
Half of Republicans support stricter gun laws, a double-digit jump in a year Susan Page & Kenneth Tran, USA Today Half of Republicans support stricter gun laws, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, a double-digit increase after a series of horrific mass shootings at schools, stores, streets and houses of worship. The increase in GOP support – from 35% last year to 50% – could boost the prospects for Congress to tighten federal gun laws, an effort that has failed for decades. McCourtney Institute for Democracy Mood of the Nation Poll Craig Helmstetter & Benjamin Clary, APM Research Lab The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State’s most recent Mood of the Nation Poll, conducted May 11-19, 2022, finds that well over half the American public disapproves of the job that Joe Biden is doing as president, with 45% disapproving strongly. Perhaps more importantly, the survey provides a window into what Americans feel the president could do to improve his job performance.
