Voting Rights Vs Gun Rights: What’s More Important To Americans

Map created by everythingaboutmapsThe map above shows some me interesting data from an old survey on the OkCupid blog.

They looked at the data from 283,859 people who answered the question on which was more important to the them The Right to Bear Arms (2nd amendment) or The Right to Vote.

The data is now somewhat outdated as it was collected in 2009.

Nevertheless, it still seems crazy to me that anyone would prioritise the right to own a gun over the right to vote.

Although I’m sure those on who advocate for the Right to Bear arms would say you can’t have one without the other. This despite the fact I’ve voted in many, many elections in two different countries over the past 20+ years and have never owned a gun.

Here’s a run down by state:

Green (The Right to Vote)

1. California (CA)
2. Colorado (CO)
3. Connecticut (CT)
4. Delaware (DE)
5. Florida (FL)
6. Hawaii (HI)
7. Illinois (IL)
8. Iowa (IA)
9. Kansas (KS)
10. Maine (ME)
11. Maryland (MD)
12. Massachusetts (MA)
13. Michigan (MI)
14. Minnesota (MN)
15. Missouri (MO)
16. Nebraska (NE)
17. New Hampshire (NH)
18. New Jersey (NJ)
19. New York (NY)
20. Ohio (OH)
21. Oregon (OR)
22. Pennsylvania (PA)
23. Rhode Island (RI)
24. Vermont (VT)
25. Virginia (VA)
26. Washington (WA)
27. Wisconsin (WI)

Red (The Right to Bear Arms)

1. Alabama (AL)
2. Alaska (AK)
3. Arizona (AZ)
4. Arkansas (AR)
5. Georgia (GA)
6. Idaho (ID)
7. Indiana (IN)
8. Kentucky (KY)
9. Louisiana (LA)
10. Mississippi (MS)
11. Montana (MT)
12. New Mexico (NM)
13. Nevada (NV)
14. North Carolina (NC)
15. North Dakota (ND)
16. Oklahoma (OK)
17. South Carolina (SC)
18. South Dakota (SD)
19. Tennessee (TN)
20. Texas (TX)
21. Utah (UT)
22. West Virginia (WV)
23. Wyoming (WY)

Which do you think is more important?