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NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll: Majorities oppose Supreme Court's abortion ruling and worry about other rights; Dems surge to seven-point lead on generic ballot
NPR ^ | 06/27/2022 | Domenico Montanaro

Posted on 06/27/2022 5:00:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Majorities of Americans say they disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, think it was politically motivated, are concerned the court will now reconsider rulings that protect other rights, and are more likely to vote for a candidate this fall who would restore the right to an abortion, according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

Still, a majority opposes expanding the number of justices who could sit on the Supreme Court.

In overturning Roe on Friday, the Supreme Court reversed 50 years of precedent that had made abortion a right in this country. The right to regulate abortion now is in states' hands, and about half the states have already moved to severely curtail access to an abortion or ban the procedure outright.

The issue is personal to most Americans. Two-thirds of people responding to the poll say they or someone they know has had an abortion. That was true of three-quarters of independents, 7-in-10 Democrats and 55% of Republicans.

Surveys have for years shown consistently that most Americans wanted to keep Roe in place and to see restrictions on when abortions could take place. What the court did is clearly outside the mainstream of public opinion, and that is reflected again in the NPR poll.

The survey of 941 respondents, conducted Friday after the decision through Saturday, has a margin of error of +/-4.9 percentage points.

A majority are against the decision

By a 56%-to-40% margin, respondents oppose the court's decision, including 45% who strongly oppose it.

Almost 9-in-10 Democrats and a slim majority of independents (53%) are against the decision. Three-quarters of Republicans, on the other hand, support it.



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1 posted on 06/27/2022 5:00:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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7 point lead, lol. FALSE. A lot of people are pissed, but a lot MORE people care about daily living getting tougher.


2 posted on 06/27/2022 5:03:00 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: SeekAndFind

Fake News. With inflation at 10% and gas at $5+ a gallon the only people that are going to be voting on Abortion this November at the far left feminazi kooks that would have voted democrat no matter what happened.


3 posted on 06/27/2022 5:03:10 PM PDT by apillar
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To: SeekAndFind

🐂💩


4 posted on 06/27/2022 5:03:43 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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Who takes these “polls”? I find it hard to believe that baby-killing is going to override a horrendous economy.

Or, could it be, that this was planned to come out now so that there could be a “reason” for the Dems to win in November?


5 posted on 06/27/2022 5:03:48 PM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: SeekAndFind

I think the TV has been telling people that the USSC imposed a national ban on abortions, and too many believe that.


6 posted on 06/27/2022 5:06:10 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: SeekAndFind

Once again I will ask this question and continue to do so: For 50 years Democrats and to a lesser degree Republicans, have had the opportunity to Codify Roe and craft a bill on Abortion, yet never did, WHY????????????????


7 posted on 06/27/2022 5:06:13 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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Have to call Bullshit on this one. NPR, seriously? Bet the poll had 80% Dem sampling.


8 posted on 06/27/2022 5:06:14 PM PDT by Dave911
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7 point lead, lol. FALSE. A lot of people are pissed

A lot of Suburban Moms are going to vote Democratic. Previously, they might vote Republican. So the GOP will have to replace their votes with the Hispanics. Just my .02

9 posted on 06/27/2022 5:06:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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With Inflation raging and prices up for everything, Social Issues will be the last thing on People’s minds.


10 posted on 06/27/2022 5:07:12 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: SeekAndFind

Who cooks up these polls? I guess if it comes from NPR, they would probably have one in which most view someone like Stalin or even Pol Pot more favourably than Trump.


11 posted on 06/27/2022 5:07:41 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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This is blatant bullshit .. marxist PBS wishful thinking


12 posted on 06/27/2022 5:08:30 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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...69% of college graduates oppose the decision...

A college degree is not an indicator of civics knowledge apparently. Even as a moderately pro-choice 14-year old, I completely rejected the majority's opinion in Roe v. Wade when I studied it in high school. It was bad jurisprudence--period, full stop.

13 posted on 06/27/2022 5:09:38 PM PDT by Lysandru
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Really? People choose playing with their privates over eating? Just wait until this fall when food is twice as expensive as it is today.


14 posted on 06/27/2022 5:10:32 PM PDT by packagingguy
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NPR? hokay……🙄


15 posted on 06/27/2022 5:12:24 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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Ummmmm….


16 posted on 06/27/2022 5:13:27 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: SeekAndFind

NPR of course. But hey, they have tote bags!


17 posted on 06/27/2022 5:13:28 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: SeekAndFind

NPR = see Aye Hey


18 posted on 06/27/2022 5:15:36 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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...wait until they buy gas, and groceries, again.


19 posted on 06/27/2022 5:15:55 PM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: SeekAndFind

National Peoples Radio


20 posted on 06/27/2022 5:15:59 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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