The increase in GOP support – from 35% last year to 50% – could boost the prospects for Congress to tighten federal gun laws, an effort that has failed for decades. The House is poised to pass a Democratic package of proposals this week as bipartisan negotiations on a less far-reaching compromise continue behind closed doors in the Senate.
"I'm pro-gun, that's part of the Second Amendment," says Sean Nelson, 27, an independent from Hagerstown, Maryland, who leans to the GOP. The cybersecurity analyst was among those called in the survey. Recent mass shootings prompted him to support stronger background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases. "With all these things happening, we need better regulation and better rules to prevent those things happening," he says.
Some Minnehaha County, S.D. voters were handed the wrong ballot, or a ballot with an incorrect ballot stamp, on the morning of Election Day, according to the county's auditor.
Those issues occurred in legislative districts 2 (east of Sioux Falls, including Brandon and Valley Springs), 9 (west of Sioux Falls, including Hartford) and 25 (encompassing the remainder of Minnehaha County up to Dell Rapids), and were resolved by 10 a.m., county auditor Ben Kyte said.
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