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2007 Voter Survey on Gun Regulations
Overbrook
Research (R) and
Lake Research
Partners (D) completed 603 telephone surveys with Illinois registered
voters from a random sample of Illinois residential phone numbers. The
resulting sample matches the regional distribution of the electorate and
has the following demographics: 47% male, 53% female; 77% Caucasian, 13%
African American, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Other and 6% Not known; 49%
Democrats, 39% Republicans and 7% Independents.
In addition to the statewide phone survey, 300 voters
were interviewed in four Illinois state senate districts: 21, 23, 28, 43.
District residents were identified by matching census tract/block group
numbers to telephone records listed within those geographic locations.
The sampling error for the statewide survey is +/-4%, at a confidence
level of 95% and the sampling error for the district interviews is
+/-5.7%. The surveys and interviews were conducted between February
17-25, 2007.
Click here
to read the 2007 Voter Survey on Gun Regulations fact sheet with key
highlights.
Click here to read
the press release.
Below are links to analysis of the polling results by
Overbrook Research and Lake Research Partners for both the statewide
survey and individual senate district responses:
- Statewide
- District 21
- District 23
- District 28
- District 43
In addition to this new poll, below are links to other recent
polls and studies:
“Public Attitudes Towards
Regulations of Firearms” National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at
the University of Chicago, March 2007
“Strong Public
Support for Tough Enforcement of Common Sense Gun Laws” Al Quinlan
and Michael Bocian, 1/23/2007
“Gallup's
Pulse of Democracy - Gun Laws” The Gallup Poll, last update on
1/15/2007
“The
2005 Report on the Illinois Policy Survey” Center for Governmental
Studies Northern Illinois University, Michael T. Peddle and Barbara
Burrell.
“Majority
in U.S. Favors Stricter Gun Control” The Harris Poll, 6/16/04
“Majority
of U.S. Adults Favors Continuing Ban on Sales of Assault Rifles” The
Harris Poll, 9/24/04
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