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Poll: Majority of Americans Have a Favorable Opinion of the NRA
December 28, 2012
Second Amendment supporters fill out NRA applications at an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Fifty-four percent of Americans said they have a favorable opinion of the NRA, while 38 percent have an unfavorable opinion, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll conducted Dec. 19-22.
The public's opinion of the NRA has fluctuated in the years since Gallup began measuring it in 1993, from a low of 42 percent favorable in 1995 to a high of 60 percent favorable in 2005.
Other poll findings:
-- 21% of Americans have a very favorable opinion of the NRA, and 18% have a very unfavorable opinion.
-- 83% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of the NRA, compared with only 36% of Democrats. Among Independents, favorability was 54%.
-- 71% of Americans with a gun in the household hold a favorable opinion of the NRA, while 40% of non-gun-owning households also have a favorable opinion of the NRA.
Results for the USA Today/Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Dec. 19-22, 2012, with a random sample of 1,038 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.
