According to a new poll, more than 70% of voters think it's important to stop the spread of racist ideologies in order to prevent mass shootings.
The Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York was the scene of 10 deaths.
According to a survey conducted on May 16th, roughly half of the 2,000 voters said fighting racist ideologies was their top priority, while another 25% said it was a lower priority.
Better mental health screening and support is one of the important factors listed by more than 80%.
40% of voters think white nationalism is a threat to the U.S. after the Buffalo shooting, compared to 32% in February 2020.
During President Joe Biden's first term, the support for stricter gun laws declined slightly. After a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas that left 22 dead, followed by a shooter killing nine in Dayton, Ohio just hours later on August 7, 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266 800-381-0266
The poll was conducted after the shooting at a Tops Friendly Market store in Conklin, New York, in which 10 people were killed and 13 were wounded. According to a 180-page racist rant Gendron posted online, the shooter wrote about how he viewed Black people as replacements for whites. A man was accused of carrying out a shooting that left one person dead and five others injured, just a day after the Buffalo shooting.
Republican voters are more concerned with the idea of white replacement than with mass violence by white supremacists, according to a survey. More than 25% of Republicans said they were more worried by white nationalist violence, while more than half said immigration policies could reduce the influence of white Americans. More than 75% of Democrats listed white supremacist violence as a top concern, compared to only 4% who worried more about white replacement. The conspiracy theory that white people are being replaced by minorities and immigrants is a fringe one, according to recent polling. According to a survey released last week, almost one in three American adults believe in a version of replacement theory. After the Buffalo massacre, one prominent Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney, took aim at House GOP leadership.
Tucker CarlsonThe "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory is a mainstream one.
Republicans are playing on fears of a Great Replacement in order to get base voters.
The suspect in the Buffalo shooting made a generalized threat at school last year.
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