Twitter conversation: How does arms control debate reflect more partisan problems in America

What is it necessary to transform Texas, a Republican castle into a blue state? According to data SurveyMonkeyRemove all gun holders from Lone Star State and will go to Hillary Clinton in 2016. You can do the same in Liberal California. Remove all unarmed owners and voted for Donald Trump.

The problem of arms control is so separatist in American politics.

SurveyMonkey found perfectly divided voters, not any other demographic – race, religion or gender. In the 2016 elections, 47 percent Trump said that there was an important problem to affect the votes of arms control of his fans. This was compared with only 27 percent of voters supporting Hillary Clinton.

But what does this division mean? How does it affect the policy of arms control and how can this problem change in the light of recent mass shots such as Las Vegas, Orlando and Newtown? To discuss the data, PBS Newshour, Data Journalist Dante Chinni (@Dchinni), Professor and Head of Political Science in Kansas University Don Haider-Markel (@DHMARKELand Washington Post Reporter Philip Bump (@pbump).

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