Most people do not agree with the extremist Alito draft position on abortion. Republican politicians haven’t gloated about the draft because they know it’s not popular. They are trying to distract us by focusing on the leak.
NBC News: 60% of Americans say abortion should be either always legal (37%) or legal most of the time (23%) — the highest share believing it should be legal on this question, which dates back to 2003.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 16, 2022
Results from new national NBC News poll:
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) May 15, 2022
Abortion should be… (among adults)
Always legal: 37%
Legal most of time: 23%
Illegal, with exceptions: 32%
Illegal without any exceptions: 5%
The combined 60% answering legal is highest percentage on this question dating back to '03
Overturning Roe is not very popular pic.twitter.com/jizY0aRJfE
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 6, 2022
“According to the new poll, more than half of U.S. adults (54%) say they know someone who has had an abortion, while 27% say they do not, 13% say they’re not sure and 6% prefer not to say.” https://t.co/U2dQ5f1s04
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 7, 2022
CNN poll
— Bill Scher (@billscher) May 6, 2022
Keep Roe 66%
Overturn Roe 33%
State abortion law should be
More permissive 58
More restrictive 42
National law legalizing abortion
Support 59
Oppose 41
Congressional ballot test
GOP 49
Dem 42https://t.co/VRXYEu74HK
Another measure of the work ahead for Ds: in the @CNN poll 87% of the minority who want to overturn Roe say they'll vote R for Congress in November. Among the majority who don't want to overturn Roe, Ds rare winning just 62%. Can campaigns change that? #abortion. https://t.co/YNOkDHamem
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 6, 2022
New CNN Poll: Most Americans want abortion to remain legal, but the Supreme Court’s draft opinion hasn’t shaken the midterm election landscape https://t.co/KbBbOZ9QBG
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 6, 2022
Explains why @GovAbbott has been *very* quiet on the Roe news, @ReneeCrossTX told me today. A lot of independent voters he’s relied on in the past support abortion rights in some form. https://t.co/5PUCV9pkHw
— Zach Despart (@zachdespart) May 5, 2022
Chart: New survey shows deep and widening partisan split over abortion among the public. https://t.co/UDcMEJgDyB pic.twitter.com/ldiewiHoDl
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 6, 2022
The framing here. Do Americans support abortion rights? Overwhelmingly yes. Look at the damn map! pic.twitter.com/OiL2G8Us6V
— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) May 4, 2022
Sad! 