Roe v. Wade: Voters Divided About Repealing Decision - Demographic Details
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| National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted May 3, 2022 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | According to a leaked draft of a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Would you approve or disapprove of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The Roe v. Wade decision "was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences"? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "[A] woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Pro-choice | Pro-life | Not sure | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | Pro-choice | 51% | 51% | 51% | 50% | 52% | 50% | 54% | 49% | 41% | 30% | 74% | 48% | 23% | 62% | 84% | 63% | 40% | 52% | 51% | 51% | 77% | 52% | 43% | 44% | 46% | 52% | 64% | 0% | 64% | 57% | 53% | 45% | 44% | 82% | 67% | 58% | 25% | 16% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 33% | 58% | 87% | 41% | 19% | 31% | 54% | 90% | 47% | 82% | 51% | 13% | 12% | 41% |
| Pro-life | 40% | 40% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 46% | 63% | 20% | 39% | 67% | 26% | 11% | 37% | 42% | 42% | 40% | 46% | 19% | 35% | 29% | 43% | 46% | 42% | 27% | 100% | 34% | 33% | 39% | 47% | 40% | 12% | 27% | 23% | 66% | 31% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 73% | 55% | 22% | 10% | 24% | 75% | 54% | 27% | 7% | 32% | 11% | 39% | 71% | 82% | 37% | |
| Not sure | 9% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 14% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 5% | 0% | 18% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 4% | 13% | 27% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 0% | 3% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 16% | 6% | 6% | 20% | 8% | 54% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 6% | 12% | 20% | 3% | 35% | 5% | 15% | 19% | 3% | 22% | 7% | 10% | 15% | 6% | 23% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | According to a leaked draft of a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Would you approve or disapprove of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The Roe v. Wade decision "was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences"? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "[A] woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Pro-choice | Pro-life | Not sure | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| According to a leaked draft of a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Would you approve or disapprove of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade? | Strongly approve | 32% | 35% | 29% | 34% | 29% | 37% | 31% | 35% | 34% | 49% | 20% | 28% | 60% | 12% | 10% | 23% | 30% | 30% | 34% | 38% | 31% | 23% | 21% | 32% | 40% | 31% | 25% | 100% | 37% | 30% | 26% | 36% | 36% | 18% | 13% | 13% | 52% | 52% | 13% | 59% | 23% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 84% | 22% | 7% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 27% | 80% | 27% |
| Somewhat approve | 16% | 17% | 16% | 23% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 24% | 25% | 17% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 24% | 6% | 14% | 19% | 13% | 21% | 15% | 6% | 9% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 14% | 14% | 0% | 11% | 13% | 25% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 11% | 23% | 21% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 52% | 36% | 0% | 9% | 5% | 48% | 40% | 7% | 10% | |
| Somewhat disapprove | 10% | 9% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 5% | 18% | 7% | 24% | 12% | 14% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 0% | 6% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 28% | 7% | 13% | 11% | 6% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 13% | 34% | 5% | 16% | 7% | 15% | 22% | 3% | 16% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 35% | 33% | 37% | 22% | 42% | 40% | 40% | 26% | 27% | 20% | 53% | 32% | 12% | 40% | 70% | 30% | 27% | 37% | 34% | 35% | 57% | 37% | 23% | 23% | 31% | 39% | 50% | 0% | 35% | 38% | 34% | 39% | 28% | 65% | 48% | 34% | 13% | 7% | 60% | 9% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 91% | 21% | 70% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 13% | |
| Not sure | 6% | 5% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 12% | 19% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 0% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 1% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 12% | 5% | 4% | 24% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 2% | 8% | 10% | 1% | 42% | 2% | 13% | 7% | 3% | 34% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | According to a leaked draft of a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Would you approve or disapprove of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The Roe v. Wade decision "was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences"? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "[A] woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Pro-choice | Pro-life | Not sure | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The Roe v. Wade decision "was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences"? | Strongly agree | 31% | 33% | 29% | 23% | 32% | 41% | 32% | 30% | 29% | 51% | 19% | 24% | 57% | 13% | 7% | 23% | 33% | 26% | 33% | 38% | 21% | 25% | 27% | 33% | 34% | 30% | 25% | 100% | 29% | 34% | 23% | 38% | 32% | 16% | 14% | 6% | 52% | 33% | 12% | 58% | 18% | 80% | 16% | 6% | 4% | 7% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 17% | 32% | 77% | 28% |
| Somewhat agree | 16% | 14% | 18% | 25% | 14% | 8% | 13% | 19% | 25% | 15% | 12% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 8% | 23% | 23% | 13% | 17% | 10% | 13% | 22% | 29% | 23% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 0% | 21% | 9% | 21% | 12% | 19% | 8% | 17% | 16% | 21% | 14% | 10% | 22% | 26% | 11% | 51% | 22% | 2% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 36% | 38% | 11% | 1% | |
| Somewhat disagree | 13% | 14% | 12% | 20% | 9% | 9% | 12% | 15% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 15% | 9% | 21% | 9% | 20% | 12% | 16% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 17% | 2% | 15% | 17% | 12% | 8% | 0% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 8% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 30% | 10% | 28% | 14% | 9% | 27% | 3% | 28% | 44% | 5% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 8% | 33% | 23% | 3% | 13% | |
| Strongly disagree | 33% | 33% | 33% | 25% | 38% | 36% | 36% | 26% | 28% | 17% | 50% | 31% | 10% | 38% | 68% | 19% | 22% | 33% | 35% | 34% | 54% | 32% | 21% | 22% | 27% | 38% | 46% | 0% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 36% | 27% | 63% | 46% | 35% | 11% | 4% | 58% | 6% | 12% | 3% | 1% | 17% | 85% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 67% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 19% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 4% | 8% | 0% | 4% | 21% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 0% | 5% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 13% | 7% | 22% | 6% | 5% | 17% | 3% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 47% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 5% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 39% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | Race | Party | Ideology | Income | Education | Employment | Biden Approval | Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | According to a leaked draft of a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Would you approve or disapprove of a Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The Roe v. Wade decision "was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences"? | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "[A] woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LV's | Male | Female | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Conservative | Moderate | Liberal | Not sure | Under $30,000 | $30,000 - $50,000 | $50,000 - $100,000 | $100,000 - $200,000 | More than $200,000 | Not sure | Attended high school, but did not graduate | High school graduate | Attended college, but did not complete | College graduate | Graduate school | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Private Co. | Retired | Other | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Pro-choice | Pro-life | Not sure | Strongly approve | Somewhat approve | Somewhat disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | ||
| Do you agree or disagree with this statement: "[A] woman's right to choose is fundamental, Roe has been the law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law demand that it not be overturned"? | Strongly agree | 45% | 46% | 44% | 43% | 45% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 40% | 26% | 68% | 39% | 22% | 47% | 81% | 32% | 43% | 43% | 45% | 45% | 69% | 35% | 33% | 41% | 39% | 48% | 54% | 0% | 49% | 53% | 45% | 42% | 41% | 83% | 59% | 50% | 15% | 34% | 72% | 13% | 34% | 22% | 12% | 34% | 89% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 27% | 91% | 30% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Somewhat agree | 15% | 15% | 15% | 25% | 12% | 6% | 12% | 30% | 17% | 12% | 17% | 16% | 15% | 23% | 6% | 28% | 17% | 14% | 18% | 14% | 4% | 10% | 25% | 15% | 19% | 14% | 11% | 0% | 18% | 16% | 21% | 7% | 16% | 11% | 21% | 20% | 14% | 9% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 8% | 44% | 23% | 3% | 31% | 8% | 34% | 39% | 2% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Somewhat disagree | 13% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 4% | 17% | 18% | 12% | 5% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 24% | 8% | 16% | 8% | 15% | 13% | 0% | 11% | 7% | 12% | 16% | 17% | 3% | 9% | 19% | 19% | 23% | 3% | 23% | 22% | 11% | 31% | 28% | 2% | 14% | 13% | 30% | 23% | 1% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
| Strongly disagree | 22% | 22% | 22% | 14% | 23% | 30% | 24% | 10% | 24% | 36% | 8% | 22% | 39% | 12% | 5% | 16% | 17% | 22% | 23% | 28% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 20% | 18% | 0% | 18% | 17% | 19% | 29% | 21% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 44% | 11% | 5% | 45% | 15% | 55% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 54% | 15% | 5% | 3% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 5% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 17% | 16% | 8% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 100% | 5% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 24% | 4% | 5% | 13% | 4% | 3% | 8% | 2% | 28% | 5% | 0% | 5% | 3% | 28% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
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| Gender | Male | 48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female | 52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18-39 | 32% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 40-64 | 46% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 65+ | 22% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race | White | 67% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Republican | 33% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 35% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 32% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
