Abortion Didn’t Play Well For GOP In 2022. New Polling Show’s It Isn’t Going To In 2024 Either

[skews13]

The notion that if only Republicans had explained themselves better, voters would have totally been on board with banning abortion nationwide was always sheer fantasy. But a new Public Religion Research Institute poll of more than 20,000 adults in all 50 states showed roughly two-thirds of Americans (64%) support the Democratic position—that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

PRRI also found that far from Republicans making inroads on the issue, their anti-abortion policies had lost ground with Americans over the past decade.

The 64% who now support abortion access in all or most cases is a nearly 10-point improvement from 2010, when just 55% said the same. At the same time, the percentage of people who say abortion should be illegal in all cases has been cut in half, from 15% in 2010 to 7% in 2020.

As NBC News' First Read pointed out, these findings also have important implications for 2024:

• Majorities of residents in 43 states and Washington, D.C., think abortion should be legal
• Support for abortion access is particularly high in the presidential battlegrounds of Nevada (80% favor keeping it legal in all or most cases), Michigan (66%), Wisconsin (64%), Arizona (62%), Pennsylvania (61%) and Georgia (57%)
• Constituents in key 2024 Senate states also widely favor keeping abortion legal in all/most cases: Montana (64%), Ohio (66%), and West Virginia (57%)

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Yeah, but inflation and wokeness will this time. Right?

 

[MarcATL]

Republicans never learn, they need to be beaten into submission.

Politically of course.

 

[kyzr]

Republicans need to take the win in the USSC and drop all discussion about abortion.

Abortion is a STATE, not a FEDERAL issue, as per the US Constitution.

The more Republicans talk about abortion, the more voters they lose.

 

[JoeMoma]

A lot has to do with the polling questions. IMO, most Americans support some form legal abortion and most Americans also support some limits on abortions such as no abortions after a certain point of development with exceptions to save the life of the mother. Also, many would include exceptions in cases involving rape or incest.

 

[kyzr]

Republicans never learn, they need to be beaten into submission.
Politically of course.

Totally agree. Republicans need to stop being "Pro-Life".

But riddle me this, "How stupid do you have to be to support a political party whose primary policy objective is to abort more people like you?"

Gosnell was a great doctor, huh?

 

[jotathought]

LGTBQ ... ABCD alphabet soup .. and education will play a key point with Republicans gearing up for 2024. With liberals pushing to have children genitals mutilated and then teaching them that white people are evil .. these topics will resonate with voters in the upcoming elections.

 

[BrokeLoser]

The notion that if only Republicans had explained themselves better, voters would have totally been on board with banning abortion nationwide was always sheer fantasy. But a new Public Religion Research Institute poll of more than 20,000 adults in all 50 states showed roughly two-thirds of Americans (64%) support the Democratic position—that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

PRRI also found that far from Republicans making inroads on the issue, their anti-abortion policies had lost ground with Americans over the past decade.

The 64% who now support abortion access in all or most cases is a nearly 10-point improvement from 2010, when just 55% said the same. At the same time, the percentage of people who say abortion should be illegal in all cases has been cut in half, from 15% in 2010 to 7% in 2020.

As NBC News' First Read pointed out, these findings also have important implications for 2024:

• Majorities of residents in 43 states and Washington, D.C., think abortion should be legal
• Support for abortion access is particularly high in the presidential battlegrounds of Nevada (80% favor keeping it legal in all or most cases), Michigan (66%), Wisconsin (64%), Arizona (62%), Pennsylvania (61%) and Georgia (57%)
• Constituents in key 2024 Senate states also widely favor keeping abortion legal in all/most cases: Montana (64%), Ohio (66%), and West Virginia (57%)

Daily Kos

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Yeah, but inflation and wokeness will this time. Right?

Republicans never learn, they need to be beaten into submission.

Politically of course.

Translation:
“We, filthy Democrats have groomed the American public, we have made them believe that abortions are cool and glamorous and that they should be used as a contraceptive in all of Americas diverse blue shitholes.”

 

[MarcATL]

Totally agree. Republicans need to stop being "Pro-Life".

But riddle me this, "How stupid dom you have to be to support a polityical party whose primary policy objective is to abort more people like you?"

Gosnell was a great doctor, huh?

Link?

 

[jotathought]

As an addendum .. abortion did play well .. the Supreme Court reviewed legislation, realized it wasn't an enumerated right and locked it out of many states, and now those individual states will need to address how to manage it.

 

[Couchpotato]

The notion that if only Republicans had explained themselves better, voters would have totally been on board with banning abortion nationwide was always sheer fantasy. But a new Public Religion Research Institute poll of more than 20,000 adults in all 50 states showed roughly two-thirds of Americans (64%) support the Democratic position—that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.

PRRI also found that far from Republicans making inroads on the issue, their anti-abortion policies had lost ground with Americans over the past decade.

The 64% who now support abortion access in all or most cases is a nearly 10-point improvement from 2010, when just 55% said the same. At the same time, the percentage of people who say abortion should be illegal in all cases has been cut in half, from 15% in 2010 to 7% in 2020.

As NBC News' First Read pointed out, these findings also have important implications for 2024:

• Majorities of residents in 43 states and Washington, D.C., think abortion should be legal
• Support for abortion access is particularly high in the presidential battlegrounds of Nevada (80% favor keeping it legal in all or most cases), Michigan (66%), Wisconsin (64%), Arizona (62%), Pennsylvania (61%) and Georgia (57%)
• Constituents in key 2024 Senate states also widely favor keeping abortion legal in all/most cases: Montana (64%), Ohio (66%), and West Virginia (57%)

Daily Kos

Daily Kos is a progressive news site that fights for democracy by giving our audience information and resources to win elections and impact government. Our coverage is assiduously factual, ethical, and unapologetically liberal. We amplify what we think is important, with the proper context—not...

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Yeah, but inflation and wokeness will this time. Right?

If abortion is anywhere near as popular as you say, then it should be easy to get it legalized in your state. Why is debating the issue a problem? Why do we have to circumvent the process by which we as a society resolve issues like this for this issue? Why is this issue any different than every other issue?

 

[whitehall]

Does anybody really think a democrat can be elected in'24 on a platform of killing the unborn? As usual the left underestimates the intelligence of the American people.

 

[kyzr]

Link?

Kermit Gosnell - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[mamooth]

Gosnell was a great doctor, huh?

The Republican goal is still to make every abortion doctor a Gosnell.

Gosnell is the face of what conservatives want American to be like, so conservatives need to own him.

 

[yidnar]

Republicans never learn, they need to be beaten into submission.

Politically of course.

maybe we believe the life of a child in the womb rises above politics .

 

[Catsnmeters]

As an addendum .. abortion did play well .. the Supreme Court reviewed legislation, realized it wasn't an enumerated right and locked it out of many states, and now those individual states will need to address how to manage it.

Let's just hope they don't do that with all unenumerated constitutional rights.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Yeah, but inflation and wokeness will this time. Right?

Along with lying about 'fraud' and 'stolen' elections.

 

[Independent thinker]

A lot has to do with the polling questions. IMO, most Americans support some form legal abortion and most Americans also support some limits on abortions such as no abortions after a certain point of development with exceptions to save the life of the mother. Also, many would include exceptions in cases involving rape or incest.

Of course Republicans will never get the diehard abortion lovers vote. But most Americans in the middle on this issue do not believe in limitless women's rights to have an abortion at any time. Democrat's official line is that it is a woman's right to choose issue and, as such, refuse any limitations whatsoever. According to them, a woman has the right to choose an abortion on a 9 month old fetus which hasn't been born yet. Even liberal Europe agrees that at some point, a woman should not have an abortion but Democrats in the US would fight tooth and nail to never have any limits of any kind, ever, because it is a woman's right to choose and that right never goes away, even at 9 months. Most polls in the US do not favor unlimited rights to an abortion.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Surely they will dump the pro life crazies ? Trannys is where its at now. And pro life guns natch.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Republicans need to take the win in the USSC and drop all discussion about abortion.

Abortion is a STATE, not a FEDERAL issue, as per the US Constitution.

The more Republicans talk about abortion, the more voters they lose.

You can't convince people to drop it when they believe they are doing God's work. It's the same mentality as fanatical Muslims.

 

[jotathought]

Let's just hope they don't do that with all unenumerated constitutional rights.

Abortion is a unique monster .. and the background and research to justify its unenumerated status has been under question for decades .. it's foundation was weak, and reversing it was a win... regardless of the collateral damage.