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Gun Control Map

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why does it not seem accurate. Seems in like with what I would think. Population centers verses rural, certain states trending certain ways. Colorado banned 30 round mags. Although, those areas of Utah and Nevada are not likely in favor of GC.
 
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Hah. The test is "more gun control". If you start with none, e.g. Vermont, support for banning 20mm anti-tank guns from WW1 for hunting will effect the coloration.
 
All of can speak for is my state (AL), and it looks at least fairly accurate.
I was confused at first at how half of my county was different from the other half, then I remembered it said "by district" and my county is split in to.
 
Around here you have to ask more than a couple of people to get accurate results.:banghead: Southern Maine (below Augusta) seems to be nothing more than a bedroom community of MASS these days however.
 
Colorado banned 30 round mags.

:rolleyes:

Limited to 15, and it was not a ballot measure-it was rammed through by the legislature in spite of overwhelming opposition. It also cost 3 legislators their seats in recalls.

Having cleared that up, the map is inaccurate because there is no way to judge the public opinion on gun control accurately by congressional district. Nor does that map actually show congressional districts.
 
Interesting responses. I think that it colors Colorado fairly well. I was also interest in the measurement of West Texas. The population is pretty thin.

As a mathematician, I have to wonder about how big the sample size was in each district. Typically, political polls have smaller samples and fairly wide margins for error.

And you wonder, given the nature of the question, how people would respond to a blind cold call from someone asking about what to many is a very person and private belief. Many may be inclined to a more moderate reaction than they actually feel in such circumstances.
 
According to this map, upstate New York is not in favor of gun control. Growing up in that area, there were only a handful of people who had a positive outlook of firearms, the rest were on the fence or rabid antis. Also according to this map Maine and Vermont, vote in favor of gun control. The laws passed at the state level reflect otherwise.
 
Vermont looks wrong because we only have one congressional district in the entire state, but support (or lack thereof) varies depending on what part of VT one lives in. Areas with heavy concentrations of down-country transplants- Burlington, Montpelier, Brattleboro… are for gun control. Areas that are still mostly natives, not so much.

But one also has to be skeptical of polling methodology, particularly by phone. Consider, for example, how the ability to answer questions from a stranger on the phone in the middle of the workday is unevenly distributed between the working class and, uh, others. That could tend to skew results, unless carefully controlled for. I don't see evidence of such controls in this poll's methodology.
 
Looks good for Florida. Dade County/Miami anti-gun, Orlando area anti-gun, the rest of the state more pro-gun than anti. Extreme Western Panhandle does surprise me a bit, but it's mostly military areas (Eglin AFB), so I guess they are pro-gun!
Georgia looks pretty good, except for Hotlanta - no surprise there.
 
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