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essadaw

(185 posts)
9. Three recent polls are now showing majority support for mandatory buyback
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 04:10 PM
Sep 2019

Maybe you should rethink your assumptions

In addition to the polls mentioned above, here is the one from ABC https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/10-fear-mass-shooting-gun-laws-poll/story?id=65414785 showing 52% national support.

Beto has been leading on this issue, reframing the conversation instead of letting the NRA do it. And either he was attuned to public opinion without the polls or he's been successfully shaping public opinion.

With regard to Texas and nationally, a key swing demographic is suburban moms. They are very open to Beto's position. Better political positioning than trying to appease weapons of war proponents

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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