{
  "alt": "Dot chart with one row for each of eight items and two dots per row, the change in the Democratic share and in the Republican share, with interval lines and a rule at zero. The Democratic share on a gun in the home changes by {fact:go_chg_d} points and the Republican share by {fact:go_chg_r}. The Republican share favoring a police permit changes by {fact:gm_chg_r} points and the Democratic share by {fact:gm_chg_d}. On assault rifles in the CES the Republican share changes by {fact:c_assault_chg_r} and the Democratic share by {fact:c_assault_chg_d}; on background checks the Republican share changes by {fact:c_bg_chg_r}.",
  "caption": "On the household gun, concealed-carry and owners' names items the Democratic dot is farther from zero than the Republican dot, and on the permit, assault rifle and buying a gun items the Republican dot is farther from zero, in each case by an amount whose interval is above zero. Personal ownership and background checks do not follow the pattern: the sizes of the two personal ownership changes differ by an interval that includes zero, and the Republican background check change is positive. Each dot is the later share minus the earlier share with a 95% confidence interval. The CES intervals rest on a model.",
  "data": [
    {
      "conf_high": -19.6657,
      "conf_low": -24.3759,
      "estimate": -22.0208,
      "item": "GSS: Household has a gun (1973-80 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 9265,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 2.00998,
      "conf_low": -4.40458,
      "estimate": -1.1973,
      "item": "GSS: Household has a gun (1973-80 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 5842,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -9.54757,
      "conf_low": -18.1191,
      "estimate": -13.8333,
      "item": "GSS: Respondent owns a gun (1980 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 5942,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 12.7828,
      "conf_low": 1.46974,
      "estimate": 7.12627,
      "item": "GSS: Respondent owns a gun (1980 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 4047,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 9.77723,
      "conf_low": 5.88389,
      "estimate": 7.83056,
      "item": "GSS: Favor a police permit (1973-80 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 10024,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -14.55,
      "conf_low": -20.3525,
      "estimate": -17.4512,
      "item": "GSS: Favor a police permit (1973-80 to 2016-24)",
      "n": 6418,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 10.3981,
      "conf_low": 2.47143,
      "estimate": 6.43476,
      "item": "ANES: Make buying a gun more difficult (2000 to 2020)",
      "n": 4325,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -17.6252,
      "conf_low": -26.7415,
      "estimate": -22.1833,
      "item": "ANES: Make buying a gun more difficult (2000 to 2020)",
      "n": 3725,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 1.82576,
      "conf_low": 0.103217,
      "estimate": 0.964487,
      "item": "CES: Background checks for all sales (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 19944,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.69494,
      "conf_low": 1.93569,
      "estimate": 3.81532,
      "item": "CES: Background checks for all sales (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 13415,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 4.72754,
      "conf_low": 1.74516,
      "estimate": 3.23635,
      "item": "CES: Ban assault rifles (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 19891,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -8.25817,
      "conf_low": -12.6992,
      "estimate": -10.4787,
      "item": "CES: Ban assault rifles (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 13380,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -4.54409,
      "conf_low": -7.84909,
      "estimate": -6.19659,
      "item": "CES: Easier concealed-carry permits (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 19925,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 3.82658,
      "conf_low": -0.699724,
      "estimate": 1.56343,
      "item": "CES: Easier concealed-carry permits (2013 to 2021)",
      "n": 13386,
      "party": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": -7.58473,
      "conf_low": -11.2576,
      "estimate": -9.42118,
      "item": "CES: Prohibit publishing owners' names (2013 to 2020)",
      "n": 36795,
      "party": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 0.624735,
      "conf_low": -3.09044,
      "estimate": -1.23285,
      "item": "CES: Prohibit publishing owners' names (2013 to 2020)",
      "n": 25690,
      "party": "Republicans"
    }
  ],
  "id": "within_party",
  "notes": [
    "Period comparisons: GSS 1973 to 1980 pooled against 2016 to 2024 pooled, except personal ownership, which starts in 1980. ANES 2000 against 2020. CES first against last year each item was asked.",
    "The change is in the share giving the answer named in each row, as the wording table lists. A negative value means the share fell."
  ],
  "source": "General Social Survey, 1973-2024; ANES Cumulative Data File, 2000-2020; CES cumulative policy preferences, 2013-2021; weighted (weight_use; VCF0009z; single-wave weight)",
  "spec": {
    "colors": {
      "Democrats": "dem",
      "Republicans": "rep"
    },
    "group": "party",
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "legend": true,
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "reference": 0,
    "sort": "data",
    "x": "estimate",
    "xDomain": [
      -30,
      15
    ],
    "xFormat": {
      "digits": 1
    },
    "xLabel": "Change in share (percentage points)",
    "y": "item"
  },
  "subtitle": "Change in the share of Democrats and of Republicans, including leaners, giving the answer named, from the first to the last period of each survey; percentage points; 95% intervals",
  "table": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "key": "item",
        "label": "Item and period"
      },
      {
        "key": "party",
        "label": "Group"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "estimate",
        "label": "Change (points)"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_low",
        "label": "Lower"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_high",
        "label": "Upper"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "thousands": true
        },
        "key": "n",
        "label": "Respondents"
      }
    ]
  },
  "title": "Democrats changed more on owning and carrying guns and Republicans changed more on regulating sales, except for personal ownership and background checks",
  "type": "dot",
  "width": "wide"
}