Democrats Find Themselves Navigating the Politics of Fear | The Cook Political Report

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The most telling examples were people who had previously viewed gun ownership negatively but now, plagued by fear, had changed their minds.
50% : Talk of a Democratic wave seemed to trigger a counter-movement, attributed by some to the Left's calls to defund the police, abolish ICE, decriminalize immigration, enact Medicare-for-all, and pack the Supreme Court, to name just a few.
47% : A second Post story, posted on the front page, explored how the share of gun ownership increased from 32 to 39 percent last year, with 40 percent of the sales going to first-time gun owners, according to one study.
43% : Many Democrats -- including Biden at his press conference on crime last month -- point to their efforts to enact tougher gun laws.

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