Polls complicate the Democrat narrative on Roe decision
Democrats and their journalist allies are in the process of convincing themselves that the Supreme Court's leaked decision supplanting Roe v. Wade will be an electoral game-changer. That may turn out to be true. It may not. Or, perhaps more likely, it will be a mixed bag that helps Democrats in some races, helps Republicans in others, and ends up being a marginal factor in most contests. One of the underlying assumptions of the "backlash" analysis is that the issue clearly favors Democrats overall, but fresh polling once again underscores that abortion-related public opinion is actually more complicated than that. New numbers from Fox News underscore the complexity and quasi-incoherence of public opinion on the subject. The poll shows that a substantial majority opposes overturning Roe – but majorities also support state-level restrictions recently implemented in places like Texas, Florida and Mississippi. This doesn't quite fit the Narrative, even though it's in line with years of abortion polling:
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What seems clear is that a majority of voters favor some restrictions on abortion. I suspect they would have a cutoff date well before gestation. Radical abortion supporters want abortions right up to birth. Using abortion as a form of birth control seems irresponsible to many.
See, also:
Democrats Say Overturning Roe V. Wade Won’t Help Them In The Midterms: Report
And:
Poll: Majority Say Abortion Should Be ‘Mostly’ or ‘Always’ Illegal
And:
The Hunt for the Suspect in the Supreme Court’s Opinion Leak is Fully On
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