The abortion issue in the Republican Party is becoming increasingly serious in this election.
Republicans have unleashed a catastrophe on abortion since the Supreme Court overturned the decision. Roe vs. Wade Two years ago. them There is no message To justify their extreme forced birth position. Their candidates are afraid to talk about it. And their standard-bearer, felon Donald Trump.Unable to make coherent statements About where he stands.
meantime, Democrats are aggressiveThey know that public opinion is on their side.
A new Gallup poll shows just how worried Republicans should be about abortion. Not only is support for abortion rights at record highs, but a record high percentage of voters (32%) say they will vote only on this issue. That's just 23% of pro-choice voters and 8% of anti-abortion voters.
This is a significant change compared to Gallup's survey on abortion two years ago.
“Before Dobbs, only 10% of voters said they supported choice and would only vote for people with the same beliefs, and fewer than 13% of voters identified as anti-abortion and supported only candidates with the same views.” The survey was found.
Gallup found that 41% still call themselves “pro-life,” which is a slight decrease from previous results in 2022, but the harsh reality of a national ban appears to be reducing hardcore anti-abortion voting. The Republican Party is pushing a tiny minority of voters to the right on abortion rights.
But there's another important takeaway from this survey. What is identified as ‘pro-choice’ is the ‘new normal’. Immediately after the Supreme Court ruling in 2022 Flip the decision roe It was leaked, 55% of respondents identified as pro-abortion. That majority has not diminished over time, with the new survey putting that percentage at 54%.
“This is the first time since 2006 that more than half of Americans are in favor of this bill,” Gallup says.
Meanwhile, the proportion of voters who said abortion should be legal in all cases hit a record high of 35%, while the percentage of voters who said abortion should be illegal in all cases decreased by 7 points from 19% to 12% compared to 2021.
Supporting abortion rights is now a moral imperative in America. In a Gallup poll, 54% said abortion was morally acceptable, and a significant portion of them would vote that way.
Republicans are expected to continue to flounder, fearful of offending their shrinking base. And we expect Democrats to aggressively push their advantage, as President Joe Biden has done. I did that recently Through this ad:
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