Poll: Gun control big problem for Democrats courting rural voters

Most Democrats are at least willing to acknowledge that rural voters are running away from their candidates in droves, but that doesn’t mean they’re eager to accept the reasons why. Everytown founder/gun control sugar daddy Michael Bloomberg, for instance, wrote an op-ed this week blaming the Democrats’ woes on education issues, without ever once even hinting that his own pet issue is one of the big reasons why the left is faring so poorly in rural areas.

Note that I said “reasons.” I’m not blind to the fact that gun control isn’t the only issue keeping rural voters at arms length from the Democrats. According to a new Morning Consult poll, some of the biggest factors at play at the moment are immigration and support for law enforcement, but that doesn’t mean that gun control doesn’t matter.

Basically, the only rural voters who want gun control are the most hardcore Democrats, but even then the issue is one of their lowest priorities, along with expanding immigration, support for Black Lives Matter, and LGBTQ+ rights.