{"id":424,"date":"2022-10-21T17:28:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2022-10-21T17:28:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T17:28:02","slug":"narrative-fail-latest-poll-finds-gun-policies-isnt-a-priority-for-99-of-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"Narrative Fail: Latest Poll Finds &#8216;Gun Policies&#8217; Isn&#8217;t a Priority for 99% of Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shutterstock\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shutterstock_202558144-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"bad news worry concern computer\" title=\"bad news worry concern computer\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every once in a while, the mask slips on the mainstream media\u2019s fake news narrative. The <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/over-40-percent-of-americans-now-rate-gun-violence-as-a-top-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">garbage polling<\/a> that suggests that over 40% of Americans believe gun control is America\u2019s top priority is revealed to be every bit as fake as it sounds. If you take a look under the hood of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/17\/us\/politics\/republicans-economy-nyt-siena-poll.html?campaign_id=277&amp;emc=edit_nc_20221017&amp;instance_id=74836&amp;nl=the-tilt&amp;regi_id=76619760&amp;segment_id=110224&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=bc049cc7426498d49950e21e49a2fb73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times \/ Siena College poll<\/a>, you can some of the real truth about guns.<\/p>\n<p>Buried in the <em>New York Times<\/em> piece: the fact that 99% of Americans don\u2019t see so-called \u201cgun policies\u201d as their biggest concern. And that fact bodes poorly for Michael \u201cDaddy Bloombucks\u201d Bloomberg and his talk-for-hire sock puppet, Shannon Watts. What\u2019s more, it also spells bad news for Democrats in incumbent positions.<\/p>\n<p>Put another way for those a little slower on the uptake, ninety-nine out of every hundred people didn\u2019t shriek \u201cgun control!\u201d when asked what the biggest problem facing America is today.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/nyt-poll-latest-disaster-democrats-independents-swing-right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZeroHedge<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Pre-midterm polls are rolling in as hot as inflation, and they\u2019re\u00a0bad news\u00a0for Democrats. Yesterday, we noted that in the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/harvardharrispoll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/HHP_Oct2022_KeyResults.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard \/ Harris poll<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Trump would win vs. Biden if the 2024<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>election were held today<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>inflation is Americans\u2019 top concern<\/strong>, and most people (62%) blame the current administration for high energy prices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Also on Monday, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/17\/us\/politics\/republicans-economy-nyt-siena-poll.html?campaign_id=277&amp;emc=edit_nc_20221017&amp;instance_id=74836&amp;nl=the-tilt&amp;regi_id=76619760&amp;segment_id=110224&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=bc049cc7426498d49950e21e49a2fb73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times \/ Siena<\/a>\u00a0college poll found that\u00a0<strong>momentum is clearly in Republicans\u2019 favor going into midterms<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 and that Democrats are losing independent voters, particularly independent women,\u00a0<strong>who went from favoring Democrats by 14 point\u00a0to backing Republicans by 18 points.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>And guess what the most important issues are to Americans? Not the climate. Not January 6. Not Covid (&lt;.5%)\u00a0<strong>The economy and inflation (44% combined vs. 36% in July).\u00a0<\/strong>This is a mutual concern across all age groups, while the \u2018Republiscums are the problem\u2019 crowd (3%) skews heavily towards the \u2018get off my lawn\u2019 demographic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-532789\" alt=\"\" width=\"1011\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11.png 1011w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-655x700.png 655w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-768x820.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-150x160.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-300x320.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-696x744.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-393x420.png 393w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-560x598.png 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-532789\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1011\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11.png 1011w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-655x700.png 655w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-768x820.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-150x160.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-300x320.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-696x744.png 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-393x420.png 393w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/most-important11-560x598.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Obviously Democrats can\u2019t run on low gas prices, affordable food, good jobs, low crime, plentiful, affordable energy, a secure border or a strong economy. So instead, they\u2019re running on gun control, abortion and Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Only now, polls of Americans\u2019 priorities show that only a meager 9% of Americans care deeply about those three issues\u2026<em>combined<\/em>. Is it any wonder that Dem campaign managers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/charlie-crist-campaign-manager-departs-florida-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are quitting<\/a> and the party is <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2022\/10\/20\/panic-time-dems-shifting-campaign-away-from-safe-seats-to-protect-safer-seats-n1638562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulling spending<\/a> on races formerly thought safe to defend districts formerly thought <em>safer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2022\/10\/20\/panic-time-dems-shifting-campaign-away-from-safe-seats-to-protect-safer-seats-n1638562\">PJ Media<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Some \u201csafe seats\u201d aren\u2019t very safe anymore for suddenly vulnerable Democrats, and that has panicked PACs moving campaign dollars to protect previously invulnerable seats.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>We\u2019re down to the wire in Election 2022, and stuff just got real.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Today\u2019s news takes us to deep blue Oregon, where onetime shoo-in Kurt Schrader just got the rug pulled out from under him by his own Democrat Party as he fights off Republican Amy Ryan Courser. According to AdImpact (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshKraushaar\/status\/1583115763447365632\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as spotted by Josh Kraushaar<\/a>), party ad spending for Schrader in the 5th district was shifted to the 6th to boost Andrea Salinas against Republican Mike Erickson.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Maybe you\u2019re thinking this kind of thing happens all the time, and it does.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>But it doesn\u2019t often happen that Democrats appear to be writing off a district that Presidentish Joe Biden won in 2020 by\u00a0nine points, to shore up a district that Biden won by\u00a013 points.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>If 10-and-up is the Democrats\u2019 new firewall, they\u2019re in bigger trouble than even I imagined. Complicating things even more for Oregon Democrats, gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek (looking to replace the outgoing and execrable Kate Brown) regularly polls behind Republican Christine Drazan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Take nothing for granted. Make sure you go out and vote.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-532790\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-560x373.jpg 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-532790\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Vote-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Make sure your right-thinking, higher-information friends, family and co-workers go vote.\u00a0 You may need to anger them about their hot button issues to give them the proper motivation to take an hour to go vote on November 8th, but do it.<\/p>\n<p>It might not even be gun rights.\u00a0 It might be the high cost of gas and energy.\u00a0 It might be the border.\u00a0 Crime and violence might make them upset, especially if they\u2019ve been the victim of crime.\u00a0 Inflation, vaccine mandates, or the idiot in the White House of the wine-drinking queen of botox running the US House.\u00a0 Push their buttons to get them to vote in this year\u2019s midterm elections.\u00a0 Especially if they\u2019re the type who seldom votes.<\/p>\n<p>The media, gun hating politicians and their globalist, freedom-hating cabal all want you, me and everyone else to think that voting doesn\u2019t matter. They laugh at voting. \u201cIt\u2019s not who you vote for, it\u2019s who counts the votes,\u201d they chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>The media, gun hating politicians and their globalist, freedom-hating cabal are gaslighting us into thinking that we should just give up and surrender. They hope\u00a0 we are the tiniest of snowflakes willing to give up and stay home at the slightest bit of feeling demoralized. Meanwhile, they shriek loudly that we are the greatest threat to America since the terrorists of 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t buy it. Don\u2019t fall for it. And don\u2019t let your friends fall for it. Vote early if it makes you feel better.\u00a0 Go vote and make sure those with at least half-a-brain around you also vote.<\/p>\n<p>We aren\u2019t a threat to America. We are a threat to <em>them<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/narrative-fail-latest-poll-finds-gun-policies-isnt-a-priority-for-99-of-americans\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutterstock Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Every once in a while, the mask slips on the mainstream media\u2019s fake news narrative. The garbage polling that suggests that over 40% of Americans believe gun control is America\u2019s top priority is revealed to be every bit as fake as it sounds. 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