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Two-fifths, 44.0% (down from 47.6% in 2014), suggest that African-Americans are justified when they report fearing the police. Among Hispanics, whites and African- Americans, the percentages are 49.7%, 35.1%, and 70.2%, respectively. On gun control, those who believe there should be no restrictions or controls on gun/firearm ownership move up to 12.6% from 7.2% in 2014. Those who can see “some restrictions” move to 68.1% in October, <strong>2015</strong> from 79.0% in September, 2014. Those urging “no private ownership of firearms” increased to 12.8% from 9.3% in 2014. Hispanics (16.8%) and whites (13.0%) are significantly more likely to suggest “no restrictions” on gun/firearm ownership than African-Americans (6.0%). ON CROSS TABULATIONS… Cross tabulations of data provide a view of the issues covered within the survey (core questions) by the various demographics collected such as age, race, ethnicity, education, rural/suburban/urban, gender, political philosophy and income. Readers are encouraged to review the crosstab tables held within the appendix to this report. Institute of Government Polling Center Page 12
4 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS Readers are reminded that the narrative throughout this report refers to composite aggregate data – the 904 completed surveys. Tables throughout present national results while many graphs also present results among southern state respondents from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. ELECTION 2016 Republican poll respondents were asked to think about and name their first, second and third choices for the presidential nomination in 2016. The following three tables present results on a composite basis (all Republicans), by Republican likely voters, and southern state Republican respondents. Results are in declining order by “first” choice. Republican Candidates: FIRST SECOND THIRD Composite (N=250) Businessman Donald Trump 29.2 16.8 8.8 Dr. Ben Carson 19.6 10.0 9.6 Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush 9.6 10.8 8.0 Texas Senator Ted Cruz 8.0 12.0 6.0 Unsure / Don’t Know 6.8 10.8 16.8 Florida Senator Marco Rubio 5.6 8.8 9.6 Kentucky Senator Rand Paul 4.0 4.8 6.0 Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal 3.2 1.2 2.8 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie 2.8 6.0 5.2 Former Arkansas Governor Mike 2.8 5.2 3.6 Huckabee Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly 2.8 5.6 10.8 Fiorina Ohio Governor John Kasich 1.2 1.2 2.0 Someone else 1.2 0.8 2.0 New York Congressman Peter King 0.8 0.0 0.4 Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick 0.8 2.8 3.6 Santorum South Carolina Senator Lindsey 0.8 0.0 2.0 Graham Former Ambassador John Bolton 0.4 0.4 2.0 Indiana Governor Mike Pence 0.4 1.2 0.0 Former New York Governor George 0.0 0.0 0.8 Pataki Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore 0.0 0.8 0.0 Institute of Government Polling Center Page 13
Page 1 and 2: NATIONAL POLL REPORT THE POLLING CE
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 SECTION Introdu
Page 5 and 6: 2 METHODOLOGY Using a quantitative
Page 7 and 8: 3 HIGHLIGHTS ON THE 2016 ELECTION
Page 9 and 10: In April, 2015, 41.4% saw their own
Page 11: Unchanged from 2014, 58.7% of all r
Page 15 and 16: Republican Candidates: FIRST SECOND
Page 17 and 18: Democratic Candidates: FIRST SECOND
Page 19 and 20: All respondents were asked which pr
Page 21 and 22: THE ILLUSION OF PRIVACY The followi
Page 23 and 24: Respondents were asked for their ow
Page 25 and 26: All October 2015 survey respondents
Page 27 and 28: A large majority of poll respondent
Page 29 and 30: Overall positive ratings, between S
Page 31 and 32: The following table presents the re
Page 33 and 34: The following two tables present th
Page 35 and 36: Issue Statements The survey include
Page 37 and 38: GUN CONTROL Support / Oppose Gun Co
Page 39 and 40: DEMOGRAPHICS Rural, Suburban or Urb
Page 41: 5 APPENDIX INTERPRETATION OF AGGREG

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