Eight in ten California voters (81%) consider abortion to be of importance to them when voting in this year’s Congressional and other state and local elections. In particular, 63% rate the issue “very important.” In addition, 71% say they would vote Yes on Proposition One, a constitutional amendment on the […] Read more »
Why Abortion Has Become a Centerpiece of Democratic TV Ads in 2022
… All across America, Democrats are using abortion as a powerful cudgel in their 2022 television campaigns, paying for an onslaught of ads in House, Senate and governor’s races that show how swiftly abortion politics have shifted since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in late June. With national […] Read more »
Concern about abortion explodes among Democrats, fueling a push to vote
Concern about abortion access exploded among Democratic voters as an election issue over the past month, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll found, as the repercussions of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade reverberate. Sixty-four percent of Democrats say the court’s action makes them more likely to vote in […] Read more »
Americans dismayed at end of Roe are less certain they will vote, poll finds
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the end of Roe v. Wade represents a “major loss of rights” for women, a Washington Post-Schar School poll finds, but those who support abortion access are less certain they will vote this fall — a sign of the challenges facing Democrats who hope the […] Read more »
Overturning Roe is not making laws reflect what people want – new survey highlights flaws in Supreme Court’s reasoning in returning abortion authority to states
The Savannah Medical Clinic, which provided abortions for four decades in Savannah, Ga., is closed now. AP Photo/Russ Bynum Matthew A Baum, Harvard Kennedy School; Alauna Safarpour, Harvard Kennedy School, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Harvard Kennedy School Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned the constitutional right to an […] Read more »
How You Feel About Gender Roles Can Tell Us How You’ll Vote
The phenomenon of the gender gap — the fact that women as a whole are more supportive of the Democratic Party than men are — masks significant divisions in the American electorate. … It almost goes without saying, but men and women who support traditional gender roles for men and […] Read more »