UNITED STATES NATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION DECEMBER 2017 Survey conducted December 2 through December 3, 2017. 3,011 registered voters participated in the survey. Survey weighted to match expected turnout demographics for the 2018 General Election. Margin of Error is +/-2.2% with a 95% level of confidence. Totals do not always equal 100% due to rounding.
Q: Trophy hunting is killing an animal solely to display the head, hide, or parts and not for the purpose of eating the animal. Do you support or oppose trophy hunting? Support: 19% Oppose: 69% Not sure: 12% Q: Do you support or oppose allowing American trophy hunters to import into the U.S. the ivory tusks of elephants and heads of lions they kill in Africa? Support: 15% Oppose: 78% Not sure: 7% Q: President Trump recently announced that he was halting trophy imports and he called trophy hunting a horror show for elephants and other animals. Do you support or oppose the President s decision? Support: 57% Oppose: 26% Not sure: 17% Q: African lions and elephants are listed as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act. Knowing this, where do you stand on the trophy hunting of elephants and lions and allowing Americans to import the animal or body into the country? Support: 14% Oppose: 80% Not sure: 6% Q: Supporters of trophy hunting say trophy hunters provide much needed revenue for Africans living in economically depressed regions. They say the need for revenue outweighs the need to preserve the lion and elephant population. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Agree: 13% Disagree: 78% Not sure: 9%
Q: Trophy hunting is killing an animal solely to display the head, hide, or parts and not for the purpose of eating the animal. Do you support or oppose trophy hunting? Support 17% 22% Oppose 72% 66% Not sure 11% 12% Table 1. Q1 by GENDER Support 25% 14% 20% Oppose 61% 79% 67% Not sure 14% 7% 13% Table 2. Q1 by PARTY Support 41% 27% 22% 14% 14% Oppose 50% 58% 68% 76% 71% Not sure 8% 15% 10% 9% 15% Table 3. Q1 by AGE Support 18% 27% 15% 25% Oppose 72% 56% 76% 58% Not sure 10% 17% 10% 17% Table 4. Q1 by RACE Support 25% 14% 20% Oppose 60% 78% 68% Not sure 15% 8% 12% Table 5. Q1 by IDEOLOGY
Q: Do you support or oppose allowing American trophy hunters to import into the U.S. the ivory tusks of elephants and heads of lions they kill in Africa? Support 14% 17% Oppose 81% 74% Not sure 5% 9% Table 6. Q2 by GENDER Support 18% 12% 15% Oppose 76% 84% 75% Not sure 6% 3% 10% Table 7. Q2 by PARTY Support 37% 23% 18% 10% 10% Oppose 61% 65% 75% 84% 83% Not sure 3% 12% 7% 6% 7% Table 8. Q2 by AGE Support 12% 24% 16% 20% Oppose 82% 66% 78% 70% Not sure 6% 10% 7% 9% Table 9. Q2 by RACE Support 17% 12% 18% Oppose 75% 83% 73% Not sure 8% 4% 9% Table 10. Q2 by IDEOLOGY
Q: President Trump recently announced that he was halting trophy imports and he called trophy hunting a horror show for elephants and other animals. Do you support or oppose the President s decision? Support 58% 56% Oppose 22% 31% Not sure 21% 13% Table 11. Q3 by GENDER Support 72% 48% 51% Oppose 19% 35% 25% Not sure 8% 17% 24% Table 12. Q3 by PARTY Support 54% 52% 64% 57% 54% Oppose 38% 34% 20% 24% 26% Not sure 8% 13% 16% 19% 19% Table 13. Q3 by AGE Support 68% 40% 32% 53% Oppose 18% 38% 48% 26% Not sure 14% 22% 20% 21% Table 14. Q3 by RACE Support 64% 55% 49% Oppose 24% 28% 28% Not sure 13% 18% 22% Table 15. Q3 by IDEOLOGY
Q: African lions and elephants are listed as threatened with extinction under the Endangered Species Act. Knowing this, where do you stand on the trophy hunting of elephants and lions and allowing Americans to import the animal or body into the country? Support 13% 15% Oppose 82% 77% Not sure 5% 8% Table 16. Q4 by GENDER Support 17% 12% 13% Oppose 80% 84% 76% Not sure 4% 4% 11% Table 17. Q4 by PARTY Support 34% 23% 15% 9% 8% Oppose 63% 66% 79% 86% 84% Not sure 3% 11% 6% 5% 8% Table 18. Q4 by AGE Support 10% 26% 16% 17% Oppose 85% 66% 78% 74% Not sure 5% 8% 7% 10% Table 19. Q4 by RACE Support 17% 10% 16% Oppose 77% 86% 74% Not sure 6% 4% 9% Table 20. Q4 by IDEOLOGY
Q: Supporters of trophy hunting say trophy hunters provide much needed revenue for Africans living in economically depressed regions. They say the need for revenue outweighs the need to preserve the lion and elephant population. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Agree 13% 14% Disagree 79% 76% Not sure 8% 9% Table 21. Q5 by GENDER Agree 16% 13% 11% Disagree 75% 83% 76% Not sure 9% 4% 13% Table 22. Q5 by PARTY Agree 38% 20% 14% 8% 9% Disagree 54% 72% 76% 85% 81% Not sure 8% 8% 11% 7% 10% Table 23. Q5 by AGE Agree 9% 28% 13% 21% Disagree 82% 65% 78% 66% Not sure 9% 7% 9% 13% Table 24. Q5 by RACE Agree 16% 10% 16% Disagree 74% 84% 74% Not sure 10% 7% 10% Table 25. Q5 by IDEOLOGY
DEMOGRAPHICS PARTY % Republican 34% Democrat 36% Non-Partisan 30% GENDER % Female 53% Male 47% AGE % 18-39 13% 40-49 12% 50-69 45% 70+ 30% IDEOLOGY % Conservative 39% Moderate 41% Liberal 20%