More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll said that they want to make changes of some kind to the U.S. Constitution, with the Second Amendment bearing the largest bull’s-eye.
The majority of those wanting to make changes are on the left side of the aisle, with 62 percent of Democrats and 29 percent of Republicans calling for tweaks. Half of Libertarians called for changes, and 51 percent of independents.
The survey, conducted by SafeHome.org, polled 1,007 Americans with an average age of 37 and a breakdown of 48 percent female and 52 percent male. “We asked each respondent if they understood what was protected by each of the first 10 amendments. We then asked each to explain three specific amendments and used those answers to spot-check their assertions of understanding the aforementioned amendments,” the company said. “Next, we asked five additional questions about the Constitution in general. The percentage of the total 15 questions answered correctly yielded each respondent’s ‘Constitutional Knowledge’ score.”