Support among Republican voters for tightening gun control policies has hit an all-time high, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll released Wednesday.
A total of 57 percent of conservatives polled March 8-12 want Congress to pass stricter gun laws.
Support for enhancing firearm purchase and possession policies has jumped 12 points since Feb. 20, one week after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
In total, 70 percent of Democratic, Republican and Independent voters want tighter gun laws, the survey found. One-quarter of voters — 24 percent — do not want changes made.
The online survey was conducted among 1,997 registered voters and had a 2 percentage point margin of error.
Gun control advocates have planned three major marches and protests in the wake of the Florida school shooting, including one in Washington, D.C., next Saturday.
On Tuesday, demonstrators placed 7,000 pairs of shoes on the lawn outside the U.S. Capitol as a monument to the 7,000 children killed due to gun violence, including school shootings, since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in late 2012.
The demonstration, created by Avaaz, was meant to keep pressure on Congress to enhance gun control laws. The shoes were placed on the House side of the Capitol and is visible from House and Senate office buildings.
