A majority of registered voters think it’s inappropriate to protest outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. A new Fox News survey finds 55% say the protests are inappropriate, including majorities of Republicans (70%) and independents (62%). Democrats see it the other way, with a majority of 58% saying it’s […] Read more »
Egad! It’s a guide to the 2022 midterms
Egad is one of those fusty words that you associate with Dr. Watson in a Sherlock Holmes mystery or P.G. Wodehouse mocking the British aristocracy. But taken as the acronym EGAD, it becomes a handy guide to the 2022 midterm elections. Just four months until early voting begins in earnest, […] Read more »
The Most Important Study in the Abortion Debate
The demographer Diana Greene Foster was in Orlando last month, preparing for the end of Roe v. Wade, when Politico published a leaked draft of a majority Supreme Court opinion striking down the landmark ruling. … Foster, the director of the Bixby Population Sciences Research Unit at UC San Francisco, […] Read more »
Asked four ways, Americans are more likely than not to want Roe v. Wade upheld
With the Supreme Court expected to issue its opinion on a key abortion case in the coming weeks, pollsters such as YouGov have worked to measure Americans’ opinions on the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion access nationwide. While Roe v. Wade is not directly on the […] Read more »
Abortion Poised to Be a Bigger Voting Issue Than in Past
More U.S. voters this year than in any past election year indicate that abortion will be an important factor in their vote for major offices. Twenty-seven percent of registered voters say that a candidate must share their views on abortion to receive their vote, which is the highest measured in […] Read more »
Most Catholic Americans disagree with hardline positions of church leadership
The attitudes of many conservative Catholic bishops in the United States are not shared by most Catholics. A majority of lay Catholics support abortion rights, oppose denying Communion to politicians who support abortion rights, and favor greater inclusion of LGBT people. On May 20, the archbishop of San Francisco announced […] Read more »