Most still favor stricter gun laws, but it's fading as a 2018 voting issue
Source: WBUR
The gun issue is beginning to wane in voters' minds ahead of the November midterm elections, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.
While almost half of all registered voters (46 percent) say a candidate's position on gun policy will be a major factor in deciding whom to vote for, that number is down 13 points from February, when a shooting at a Florida high school sparked outrage.
So if Democrats are counting on guns to motivate their voters to get to the polls, maybe they shouldn't. There has been a major drop among Democrats on the issue — down 21 points over the past two months. In February, 74 percent of Democrats called it a major factor in deciding their vote in February, but now just 53 percent say so.
The issue has faded among independents, too, dropping from 54 percent to 42 percent who said gun policy would have a major impact on their vote.
Read more: http://www.wbur.org/npr/603909072/most-still-favor-stricter-gun-laws-but-its-fading-as-a-2018-voting-issue
On the plus side, it hasn't dropped nearly as far or as fast as after previous mass shootings. And, the NRA isnt regaining much of any ground in the realm of public opinion.
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Pretty messed up that we've now come to expect these sorts of things 
