Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 18 - 19, 2007
| April 18 - 19, 2007 | How closely have you followed news stories about the campus shootings at Virginia Tech University? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Very closely | 40% | 38% | 43% | 42% | 39% | 40% | 38% | 38% | 53% | 40% | 39% | 42% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 46% | 45% | 46% | 31% | 33% | 45% | 48% | 49% | 36% | 42% | 29% | 47% | 39% |
| Somewhat closely | 34% | 32% | 36% | 33% | 37% | 32% | 26% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 40% | 28% | 36% | 31% | 34% | 38% | 32% | 31% | 35% | 41% | 32% | 32% | 24% | 37% | 37% | 35% | 31% | 41% |
| Not very closely | 19% | 21% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 19% | 14% | 23% | 8% | 19% | 17% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 12% | 11% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 16% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 27% | 13% | 16% |
| Not closely at all | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 14% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 7% | 4% | 0% | 2% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 0% |
| April 18 - 19, 2007 | How would you rate the way in which the University handled the incident? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Excellent | 11% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 9% | 10% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 7% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 15% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 9% | 11% |
| Good | 26% | 28% | 25% | 30% | 23% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 30% | 23% | 29% | 23% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 24% | 15% | 28% | 26% | 24% | 23% | 30% | 22% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 34% | 22% |
| Fair | 33% | 30% | 36% | 29% | 38% | 32% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 38% | 32% | 35% | 33% | 34% | 32% | 28% | 46% | 30% | 28% | 35% | 38% | 36% | 29% | 38% | 29% | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| Poor | 16% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 21% | 13% | 8% | 19% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 14% | 24% | 17% | 12% | 16% | 18% | 19% | 14% | 20% | 19% | 14% | 14% | 10% | 13% |
| April 18 - 19, 2007 | Does the United States need stricter gun control laws? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 45% | 37% | 52% | 29% | 63% | 39% | 40% | 37% | 44% | 54% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 48% | 45% | 49% | 39% | 42% | 31% | 42% | 53% | 57% | 52% | 44% | 42% | 35% | 45% | 48% |
| No | 37% | 44% | 31% | 53% | 22% | 39% | 45% | 43% | 43% | 28% | 40% | 34% | 39% | 34% | 38% | 31% | 37% | 44% | 40% | 40% | 35% | 24% | 30% | 38% | 41% | 46% | 38% | 38% |
| April 18 - 19, 2007 | In terms of how you will vote in the next election how important is the issue of gun control? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Very important | 34% | 28% | 39% | 36% | 39% | 25% | 30% | 28% | 48% | 37% | 29% | 38% | 32% | 37% | 30% | 60% | 30% | 39% | 31% | 30% | 33% | 36% | 48% | 35% | 32% | 27% | 26% | 31% |
| Somewhat important | 34% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 32% | 39% | 45% | 32% | 26% | 36% | 38% | 31% | 35% | 33% | 38% | 19% | 32% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 26% | 32% | 34% | 40% | 45% | 35% |
| Not very important | 17% | 19% | 16% | 18% | 15% | 19% | 7% | 22% | 21% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 21% | 19% | 20% | 13% | 19% |
| Not at all important | 11% | 15% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 9% | 12% | 10% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 20% | 9% | 15% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 12% |
| April 18 - 19, 2007 | Have you said a prayer for the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and their families? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | 3 Party | < 40 > | Investors | Marital Status | Race | Age | Income | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ▼ Response ▼ | TOTAL | Men | Women | GOP | Dem | Other | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | Inv | Non | Married | Not married | White | Black | Other | 18-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | < 20k | 20k-40k | 40-60k | 60k-75k | 75k-100k | 100k> |
| Yes | 60% | 51% | 69% | 64% | 62% | 54% | 45% | 53% | 59% | 71% | 60% | 60% | 63% | 56% | 60% | 66% | 58% | 52% | 58% | 60% | 64% | 67% | 65% | 59% | 64% | 47% | 66% | 51% |
| No | 32% | 43% | 22% | 31% | 27% | 40% | 48% | 41% | 30% | 20% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 39% | 35% | 36% | 27% | 22% | 30% | 31% | 26% | 45% | 30% | 45% |