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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
More just that it isn't discussed as a motivating factor for such as large group of voters. These people didn't vote Trump for any other reason.
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Only about 20% of Americans are no abortion ever people. Close to 80% feel it should either be no restrictions (25-30%) or it based on circumstance (rape, incest, mother at risk etc...50%). I think that is what Gallup has.
Pro-choice vs pro-life identification is about 50:50 and a good chunk of those that identify pro-life are the ones that base it on circumstance rather than an all out ban on abortion. Pew most recent suggests about a 60:40 split between legal in all/most circumstances vs illegal all/most circumstances. The only groups looked at with a split that is truly opposite is white evangelicals and republicans. Non-religious affiliate, black, catholic, protestant, democrats, independents under 30, 30-40, 40-60 and even 65+ all skew to the legal in all or most cases side of things. A couple groups are 50:50 like hispanics and those lacking college education
http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/p...n-on-abortion/
Essentially the people that make it a top priority issue aren't voting democrat anyways as mentioned as they are also unlikely to align on other social issues. The majority of population actually shows greater alignment with democrats rather than todays conservatives.