Maddowblog:
Just to recap: Mayors Against Illegal Guns did a heap of local polling --21 statewide polls, 41 congressional districts -- to gauge attitudes about gun issues like background checks. Then they looked up the NRA ratings for senators and representatives in the congressional districts they polled. (It takes a membership to see the NRA grades but the New York Times recently published them in a map.) The poll results show overwhelming support for background checks for gun purchases, but the NRA opposes background checks. So the idea is that if a member of Congress has a good NRA grade, their stance is more aligned with the NRA than their own constituents.Kentucky results: Paul and McConnell each have A rating from the NRA - meaning they oppose the slightest attempt to prevent gun massacres - while 82 percent of Kentuckians support background checks.
The full set of results is available as a pdf and was meant for use as a full-page newspaper ad. If you were hoping for a more shareable image file, they have this tiny-but-still-readable jpg version. They've also got all of the results broken down by the states and districts they polled.
I haven't asked her personally, but I'm pretty sure Ashley Judd stands with Kentucky's 82 percent.
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