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A new Gallup poll finds a majority hold a favorable opinion of the National Rifle Association (NRA).The USA Today/Gallup Poll released Thursday found 54 percent of those surveyed say they have a favorable opinion of the gun organization while 38 percent have an unfavorable view.The latest Gallup survey finding is a slight decline from 2005 when the poll showed 60 percent of Americans with a favorable view of the NRA compared with 34 percent with an unfavorable view. It comes just weeks after 20 elementary school children were killed by a gunman in Connecticut in a shooting that has roiled the U.S. debate over gun control
Broken down by party affiliation Gallup found that 83 percent of Republicans surveyed have a favorable opinion and 14 percent have an unfavorable opinion. The poll reported 36 percent of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the NRA and 58 percent have an unfavorable opinion. Independents, according to the poll's findings, are somewhat in the middle of Republicans and Democrats. Fifty-four percent of Independents have a favorable view of the NRA while 34 percent have an unfavorable view.suspect at best there poll pool.
