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THE POLL THE MSM DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE - - Gallup finds that Americans don't give a fuck about gun control.
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Despite all the White House staging, the topic does not appear to weigh heavily on the minds of most Americans at the moment, however.
"Four percent of Americans name issues relating to guns and gun control as the nation's top problem," says Gallup director Frank Newport. [link to www.washingtontimes.com]
From Gallup:
What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?
1. Economy in general 21% 2. Federal budget deficit 20% 3. Dissatisfaction with government 18% 4. Unemployment 16% 5. Lack of money 5% 6. Taxes 4% 7. Guns/Gun Control 4% ...
These results are based on a Jan. 7-10 Gallup poll, conducted just after Washington lawmakers narrowly avoided the fiscal cliff by virtue of a resolution that in part postponed the deadline for legislated sequestration of spending until March 1. Additionally, a debt ceiling deadline looms within the next two months...
Now, the "dissatisfaction with government" percentage is as high as it has been since the Watergate days of 1974, although the precise ways in which these open-ended questions have been coded has changed somewhat during that time. The percentage mentioning the deficit as the top problem is as high as it has been since 1996...
Guns and Gun Control at 4% of Mentions, Same as in December
Four percent of Americans name issues relating to guns and gun control as the nation's top problem, the same as in last month's survey, which came in the immediate aftermath of the mass shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Four percent also mention taxes this month, the highest in over two years....
read more [link to www.gallup.com]
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