Guns as a Variable in the Midterm Elections

[The Dude]

Guns didn't cost a single election anywhere. The one seat it could have taken in Colorado governor, they lost. Hell, Pryor even voted against gun control and lost.

[Indy]

Oh God, another gun thread....

[John Galt]

what a horribly unsatisfying gif

[exploited]

To be fair, if American voters are like voters everywhere else, they likely voted for a sound bite rather than particular policies. So if you were to question them about particular gun control policies, they quite likely voted against their own interests.

Here, the Liberal government introduced a long gun registry. The Conservative opposition successfully slandered it (and this is coming from a guy opposed to it), causing a large percentage of people to say it should be repealed. When pollsters asked them whether they supported the registry they'd say no - when the pollsters asked whether police should be given the tools to know when entering a house or property with long guns, they said yes. Now that was the exact point of the registry, but the average voter didn't know that.

[eynon81]

[Fishstyx]

Probably played a factor. Just in the sense that voters who are passionate about guns is one of the most motivated voter groups out there right now.

[Libertarian602]

I don't think gun control had anything to do with midterm results.