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Which US candidate do you agree with more on the issue of gun control?

CBS News/New York Times Poll
10-13 May 2000

N=947 adults nationwide, including 215 women with children under 18 living at home. M0E ± 3 (total sample).

“Regardless of which candidate you prefer for president, who do you agree with more on the issue of gun control: Al Gore or George W. Bush?”

	ALL	Men	Women	Women with kids
	%	%	%	%
Gore	35	35	35	24
Bush	37	45	30	33
Both (vol.)	1	2	0	0
Neither (vol.)	2	3	2	2
Don’t know	25	15	33	41

“Do you favor or oppose the nationwide ban on assault weapons?”

	ALL	Men	Women	Women with kids
	%	%	%	%
Favor	67	63	71	69
Oppose	28	34	23	24
Don’t know	5	3	6	7

“Do you favor or oppose requiring gun manufacturers to put child safety locks on handguns that are sold in the United States?”

	ALL	Men	Women	Women with kids
	%	%	%	%
Favor	84	76	91	91
Oppose	15	23	7	7
Don’t know	1	1	2	2

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