According to a new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) poll, half of U.S. voters say the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade has increased their willingness to vote in this year’s elections.
About two-thirds of Democrats and half of independents cited the Supreme Court’s decision as a motivation to vote, as did one-third of Republicans.
Within that same group, 76% of respondents said they planned to vote for a candidate who wanted to protect access to abortion, compared to those who planned to vote for a candidate who wanted to restrict access to abortion. 17% said yes.
Findings show that abortion continues to be a driving force among voters, especially Democratic women ages 18 to 49, just one month before the midterm elections. In July, 43% of her voters said the court decision made them more willing to vote.
Overall, 44% of female voters under 50 say they are more willing to vote in November than they were in the last election. About 59% of women between the ages of 18 and her 49 said the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade made them more willing to vote.
“Having Democrats in the White House has given Republicans a head start in this year’s midterm elections, particularly on issues such as gas prices and crime, but Republican efforts to ban and criminalize abortion have stymied it. It’s backfired politically for Republicans, even in Equateur,” the KFF said. President and CEO Drew Altman said: “It remains to be seen whether this will motivate voters enough to participate in voting and change the outcome.”
40% of voters say their state’s abortion laws have made them more willing to vote this year, and 51% of those who live in states where abortion is prohibited say the law makes them less willing to vote said to be on the rise.
In states with abortion bans, three in four Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters said their state’s abortion laws increased their willingness to vote in November.
Nationally, Democrats are betting that abortion will be sufficient motivation to retain control of the House and Senate. Candidates have focused much of their message on abortion rights.
But while abortion is cited as a primary motivation, polls show that, overall, more people want candidates to talk about the economy than abortion rights. rice field.
The economy was the biggest issue for Republicans and independents. Half of Republican voters and his third of independent voters said they wanted to hear the candidate talk about economic issues.
Democratic voters were even more divided. Twenty-eight percent said they wanted to hear about abortion and abortion rights, and 23% said they wanted to hear what candidates were saying about the economy.
“The economy is an important issue, so it’s not something you can easily ignore,” said KFF senior analyst Lunna Lopes, who helped prepare the study. “So even among Democrats, abortion is an important issue that resonates with them, but there is still a big problem. [segment of voters] Who wants to hear candidates discuss the economy. ”
The survey was conducted September 15-26 with 1,534 nationally representative US adults. Error bars are plus or minus 3 percentage points across samples, but may be higher for certain subgroups.
