Americans discontent with the Supreme Courts decision overturning Roe v. Wade remains as potent as it was a year ago according to a new poll conducted by SSRS . A recordhigh share of the public say that theyre likely to take a candidates position on abortion into consideration when voting . A majority of US adults say they disapprove of last years Supreme Court ruling that women do not have a constitutional right to an abortion with half strongly disapproving an assessment that is almost entirely unchanged from s poll last July in the immediate wake of the decision . Only onequarter see the decision as a positive for the country with even fewer seeing it as beneficial on the state or individual level . Americans are more likely to see the ruling as impactful nationally than personally say the ruling hasnt personally affected them or their family while just say its had no effect on women in their state and only that its has no effect nationally . Just say they dont see abortion as a major issue a record low in polling dating back to . The importance of abortion has risen across ideological lines the change is particularly sharp on the left . Selfdescribed liberals are now percentage points likelier than selfdescribed conservatives to say that . say theyd treat a candidates views on abortion as their views as a litmus test up from . liberals to say they’d treat a candidate’s views on Abortion as a ‘litmus test in January last January . While Republicans are twice as likely to say their views on abortions as their opinions on abortion are often diverge along partisan . Democrats are often often diverging along partisan and regional and regional lines . Democrats to said that they often diverged along partisan lines . Republicans to said they are often more likely as likely as Republicans to say . Republicans are more often to say as much
CNN Poll: Abortion’s role as an electoral litmus test hasn’t faded a year
