[Judith Anne]

In Aug, 2001, the Gallup poll showed that 17% of Americans thought that abortion should be illegal under all circumstances, and 43% thought it should be illegal except for a few circumstances. That adds up to 60% of Americans who think that abortion should be illegal under most or all circumstances.

You can find that poll at:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/topics/abortion.asp

[IM2Phat4U]

Not sure if you saw this:

http://www.nrlc.org/Election2000/advantage.html

THE PRO-LIFE ADVANTAGE

Being pro-life gives a candidate an advantage among voters. A 1998 post-election poll by Wirthlin Worldwide showed that 22% of all voters said abortion affected the way they voted. Of those, 59% (13% of all voters) voted for candidates who oppose abortion while 41% (9% of all voters) voted for candidates who favor abortion.

In a 1996 post-election Wirthlin Worldwide survey, 12% of the voters said abortion was one of the two most important issues in deciding their vote. Of those, 45% voted for Bob Dole compared to 35% who voted for Bill Clinton. These results were mirrored by a Los Angeles Times exit poll in which 14% of Dole voters cited abortion as one of the two most important issues, compared to 7% of Clinton voters.

In the Wirthlin survey, 13% of all women cited abortion as one their most important voting issues-- 50% voted for Bob Dole compared to 39% who voted for Bill Clinton. A Los Angeles Times nationwide exit poll found that 11% of women considered abortion one of the two most important issues in determining their vote. Of those, 54% voted for Bob Dole, while only 40% voted for Bill Clinton.

A 1994 post-election poll by Wirthlin Worldwide showed that 18% of all voters stated that abortion affected their vote and they voted for candidates who oppose abortion, while only 9% of all voters stated that abortion affected their vote and that they voted for candidates who favor abortion. Figures from a 1992 exit-poll conducted by Voter Research and Surveys show that President Bush had a sizable advantage over Bill Clinton among those who voted on abortion. Thirteen percent of all voters listed abortion as one of the top two issues which mattered most in deciding their vote. Of those, 55% voted for Bush and 36% voted for Clinton.

An ABC News exit poll in 1988 found that 14% of all voters said abortion was "very important" and they voted for George Bush while 9% said abortion was "very important" and voted for Michael Dukakis. USA Today acknowledged that in the 1988 election, George Bush held an advantage among those who voted on abortion:

"Despite all the TV ads and speeches on prison furloughs and the Pledge of Allegiance, few voters cited those as key issues. The No. 1 issue: abortion, cited by nearly a third of voters interviewed by ABC News. And those who cited abortion went for Bush."