How much did gun control hurt Hillary Clinton

[Da2017]

Some voted for Trump because they thought out of their gun.

[TML]

The 2016 exit polls did not mention guns, but IMO this issue wasn't discussed as much as issues relating to the economy (especially trade). While it is (likely) true that most pro-gun voters supported Trump, I don't think this was decisive in the outcome.

[Tekken_Guy]

Not really. Most anti-Clinton votes were about concerns over her corruption or that she'd be a third term of Obama. Guns had nothing to do with it.

[Senator Incitatus]

Like abortion, it obviously turned out many Trump voters in rural areas, but (also like abortion) likely would have also done so against most other generic Democrats and with most other Republican nominees, so it's hard to put a number on it.

Sanders might be an exception. He could have credibly played moderate on the issue given how she attacked him on the issue and how actual revolutionary socialists feel about arming the proletariat.

[darklordoftech]

A lot. Her husband was the most anti-gun President ever (Brady bill, Assault Weapons ban, Gun-Free Schools act) and she underestimated how many single-issue voters there are who worry about their guns being taken.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

A lot. Her husband was the most anti-gun President ever (Brady bill, Assault Weapons ban, Gun-Free Schools act) and she underestimated how many single-issue voters there are who worry about their guns being taken.

Actually, Richard Nixon was the most anti-gun President ever. he'd been quoted as saying guns are an abomination and that the US needed stricter gun control laws than the Brady Bill.

[TPIG]

Guns were one issue in a larger set of issues that all fell under the "I'm voting Trump because of the Supreme Court" tent. Of course, Trump did talk about the 2nd Amendment, but it wasn't a defining campaign issue.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Guns were one issue in a larger set of issues that all fell under the "I'm voting Trump because of the Supreme Court" tent. Of course, Trump did talk about the 2nd Amendment, but it wasn't a defining campaign issue.

This.

Hillary's persona became the issue.  Both were obnoxious, but Trump proved entertaining.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

I have a really hard time believing that there were a substantial number of voters who were considering both Trump and Hilary who voted for Trump because of gun rights.

There were voters on the fence who broke for other reasons (e.g., Comey letter, Clinton foundation, etc.) and maybe people who voted for Trump for general culture-war/urban-rural divide reasons who were unlikely to be persuaded solely by guns.

Feel free to prove me wrong with anecdotes, but given the way that gun control has become polarized along political lines in the last decade, I find it unlikely that there were any moderate voters basing their decisions off of gun policy.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

A recent poll showed that a majority of rural households own guns and that a third of gun owners vote on gun issues only. You do the math.