Posted on 11/07/2023 4:50:46 PM PST by Morgana
CNN has released the results of exit polling in today’s vote on issue 1 and the polling data looks considerably skewed from national polling over the course of the last few years.
According to the CNN data, the electorate today supported abortion in what has been turning into more of a red state over the years – even though national polling data shows more Americans are pro-life than pro-abortion.
The Ohio electorate turning out for the vote largely favors legal abortion – roughly 3 in 10 say the procedure should be legal in all cases and about a third that it should be legal in most cases, similar to the 2022 electorate.
About 3 in 10 say it should be legal in all cases, and about one-tenth that it should never be legal, but the majority of the electorate stands somewhere in between. Notably, while Democrats lead Republicans when it comes to which party voters trust to handle abortion, it’s by only a single-digit margin.
Meanwhile, voters who turned out in favor of Issue 1 (and voted “yes”) hold strong views on abortion and Roe, more so than those who turned out in opposition (and voted “no”).
About 6 in 10 “yes” voters say they’re angry that Roe was overturned, compared with only about 4 in 10 “no” voters who say they are enthusiastic about the decision. And while roughly half of “yes” voters say abortion should always be legal, only about one-quarter of “no” voters want it to be illegal in all circumstances.
Those results differ from Gallup’s polling that it conducted this summer.
As Gallup notes, “Specifically, close to half of Americans, 47%, now say abortion should be legal in all (34%) or most (13%) circumstances, while a similar proportion, 49%, want it legal in only a few (36%) or illegal in all (13%) circumstances.”
That means 49 percent of Americans take a pro-life position opposing all or most abortions while a lower 47% take a pro-abortion position supporting all or most abortions.
So why does CNN have the results at 61% pro-abortion and Gallup at 47% pro-abortion?
First, even though Americans are still nominally pro-life overall, radical abortion activists are more angry that Roe was overturned than pro-life voters are happy about the Dobbs decision overturning it. That results in more abortion advocates turning out to the polls to vote for abortion because the smaller poll of pro-abortion voters are more incentivized to vote than the slightly larger poll of pro-life voters.
Secondly, Ohio voters also voted today on a ballot measure to legalize marijuana. That very likely increased turnout of liberal voters who were more likely to vote for abortion.
Third, the pro-abortion side dominated fundraising – with reports towards the end of the election showing that they had 3-1 fundraising advantage over pro-life groups. The out of state dark money and millions from leftists like George Soros, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood allowed the pro-abortion side to dominate TV and online with blatantly false commercials that further angered liberal voters and drove them to the polls in higher numbers.
To counter this, pro-life groups need to a) emphasize the great thigs Dobbs accomplished – from saving babies to helping women, b) engage in more work to identify and turn out voters in elections, c) do more to fundraise and find large donors who can help the prolife movement overcome the massive fundraising disparity so it can counter the avalanche of false ads.
“Still, it is disappointing that there are so many of our fellow citizens that seem to favor the terrible procedure.”
We do not war against flesh and blood but against the evil one. Satan. So many people are walking in lockstep with him.
Honestly, it is a societal and moral death spiral. The more horrible society and life becomes the more likely people will conclude that this is no world to raise a child into. So is rampant abortion a cause of moral decline or just a symptom of it?
A little of both. But you can't put the genie back into the bottle. Trump did good by getting it to the States, but total abortion bans, are a loser, and it's killing us at the election booth.
In my state they cant run on the economy, cost of living, inflation, crime, or illegal aliens, so its abortion for them
I thought that polls showed Americans oppose abortion. It’s not a big issue for me.
Voluntary abortion is just the first step.
Wait until mandatory abortions are implemented because of “climate change”.
Two child policy, here we come.
Due to the horrific “family” court system where fathers are nothing more than disposable walking ATMs and can easily be pushed out of the child(ren)’s life at the whim of the mother while she collects child support payments and insists that Junior needs to transition to a girl.
Fathers have zero rights in western society (even married ones)
I think most personally would not have an abortion nor encourage anyone to have one, unless the mother’s life is in danger.
On the other hand, they aren’t comfortable with a total ban. I think most would be ok with up to 3 months.
Politically, I think it’s the most rational solution. And definitely underage must have parental notification.
And no tax dollars paying for abortions.
The fix is in.
We are not far away from legally murdering the “infirm” and old. I’d love for a “progressive” to convince me the world is getting better.
“But, now baby murder is off the ballot in Ohio for the 2024 presidential election.”
Should have mentioned that it’s a pyrrhic victory.
I don’t know where you live, but I can assure you young women by and large are NOT pro life.
Last year here in Michigan the GOP state house and the GOP state senate were both lost year, the first time in decades that this happened. Why is this? Because Prop #3 was on the ballot - which enshrined abortion all the way to term. Michigan had one of the toughest anti-abortion laws dated in 1931 if I recall when Roe/Wade was turned back to the states. I live in a small rural town of under 1,000 and people know each other and couldn’t help notice a couple of young women fly in and fly out with their heads down and not get noticed. Looking back at it they were interested in only one thing and that was the right to kill their babies.
First in many states we had marijuana legalization a few years ago and now this, the lefttards are about to run out of options to drag them to the polls.
It won’t even be close for Yes.
Abortion will be on every ballot in every state in 2024 because of the possibility of a legislative ban at the federal level.
1 thing you can semi-reliably watch to determine how things are going to shape up are school levy issues.
Typically, if the school levies are passing, more of the electorate was present, meaning more voters.
While Ohio is mostly Red at the Presidential level, the cities are deep blue in Columbus, Dayton, Cincy and Cleveland. If the cities outvoted the ‘burbs, issues 1 and 2 will likely pass as well.
BS.
Maybe in "Life News" polls but not at the ballot box, the only poll that matters.
The bastard evil rats are ecstatic with tonight’s fantastic wins. They have been emboldened to continue to bring this nation to its freaking knees. If you think it’s bad tonight wait until 2024 where they’re going to pull all the stops. We can never have an overwhelming victory to stick it up their asses. Either the people just don’t give a damn anymore and are not scared about what’s going on in this country. Our economy has tanked, our on the border is letting all the criminals no good invaders who are coming by the multiple thousands upon thousands through our open gates … I guess people just don’t give a shit anymore. Let me tell you something else tick-tock is the bastard rats biggest get the vote out than anything ever seen here in America and you add to the mix that stupid airhead Taylor Swift and you’ve got a perfect get the vote out for the demonic rats. Let’s face it folks we are screwed.
Let them have their abortions. They’ll answer to God, not me.
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