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CorsiHockeyLeague · 09-27-2020, 08:39 AM

I was just looking at whether this whole "let's shove abortion to the forefront" thing was likely to result in a surge of women going to the polls to protect their right to choose. Weird outcome: the polling I'm seeing is that 61% of Americans think abortion should be legal in most, or all cases (27 all, 34 most). But there's no gender divide. 61% of men think that, and 60% of women.

Obviously most Democrats (82%) are pro choice. But even 36% of Republicans are. I just find it unlikely that for most of that group, it would be a driving issue that would swing their vote to Biden.

There's also not as much of an age split as you'd think. 70% of 18-29 are pro-choice, but every age group is too, with 55% of 65+ saying it should be legal in most or all cases. Intuition tells me the opposite on this one though; I would think that this could be a motivating factor for a few 18-29 voters who might otherwise have stayed home and pouted about Bernie not being in the race to get to the polls.

https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/...n-on-abortion/

09-27-2020, 08:39 AM	#4248
CorsiHockeyLeague Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2015 Exp:	I was just looking at whether this whole "let's shove abortion to the forefront" thing was likely to result in a surge of women going to the polls to protect their right to choose. Weird outcome: the polling I'm seeing is that 61% of Americans think abortion should be legal in most, or all cases (27 all, 34 most). But there's no gender divide. 61% of men think that, and 60% of women. Obviously most Democrats (82%) are pro choice. But even 36% of Republicans are. I just find it unlikely that for most of that group, it would be a driving issue that would swing their vote to Biden. There's also not as much of an age split as you'd think. 70% of 18-29 are pro-choice, but every age group is too, with 55% of 65+ saying it should be legal in most or all cases. Intuition tells me the opposite on this one though; I would think that this could be a motivating factor for a few 18-29 voters who might otherwise have stayed home and pouted about Bernie not being in the race to get to the polls. https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/...n-on-abortion/ __________________ "The great promise of the Internet was that more information would automatically yield better decisions. The great disappointment is that more information actually yields more possibilities to confirm what you already believed anyway." - Brian Eno