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rebecca_herman

(617 posts)
3. I don't think so
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:40 AM
Aug 2012

Ok, this is a bit of fuzzy math I'd say, since obviously the numbers are not quite that precise. But you could make a pretty realistic guess that in a random sample of people, about half might be Democrats, and about half might be Republicans. Yet when polls about abortion are done, far less than 50% repond that all abortions, no matter what the circumstance, should be banned. Here's a recent poll, http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm

Depdending on which question you go by, 12-15% of those polled oppose 100% of abortions. So yes, there does seem to be a population of people that are against some abortions but not all abortions. If pointing out that the current Republican platform wants to ban every single abortion, no matter how extreme the circumstances, educates some people and changes some votes, then I am all for it.

Edit: I actually just noticed the question about rape gives statistics on political party while the other questions do not. 76% of the Republican respondents supported a rape exception.

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