Posted on May 9, 2022
Nearly 65 per cent of Americans do not want to overturn Roe v Wade, new poll finds
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A new CBS poll has found that more than half of the US public opposes the overturning of Roe v Wade, suggesting the leaked Supreme Court draft decision aiming to strike down the landmark ruling would undermine the desires of most Americans.
According to the CBS poll, 64 per cent of Americans want the Supreme Court to keep Roe v Wade in tact. Only 36 per cent said they wanted to see the law overturned.
Last week, Politico reported on a leaked draft decision suggesting the Supreme Court was aiming to overturn the law later this year. Five of the nine Supreme Court justices agreed with the decision authoried by Justice Samuel Alito.
According to the CBS poll, 64 per cent of Americans want the Supreme Court to keep Roe v Wade in tact. Only 36 per cent said they wanted to see the law overturned.
Last week, Politico reported on a leaked draft decision suggesting the Supreme Court was aiming to overturn the law later this year. Five of the nine Supreme Court justices agreed with the decision authoried by Justice Samuel Alito.
Nearly 65 per cent of Americans do not want to overturn Roe v Wade, new poll finds
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Article is behind paywall. Can anyone provide link to the actual poll? Whenever someone decides to tell me what a poll says without providing the specifics of who was asked what - and how they were chosen - I always grow VERY suspicious.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
Capt Gregory Prickett This is somewhat helpful. Thank you.
But I feel like it is also HEAVILY spun. And it still doesn't show the SPECIFICS of questions asked.
The wording makes a HUGE difference in the results. I am VERY strongly anti-abortion. But, if the question is asked correctly, I can be counted in the pro-abortion camp.
I support abortion if the mother's life is at serious risk, via "the morning after pill," and in cases of rape, when pursued in a timely manner after the rape. If you ask me "should abortion ever be legal?" I will have to answer yes, and you can count me as "pro-abortion."
Survey makers - especially political survey makers - spend HOURS honing their questions to achieve specific results. Which is why I always want to see the specific questions.
And, of course, sampling also matters, which is not covered in the clip. He says it is "national.". But that doesn't tell me if it was one person from 49 states and 251 from California, if it was one guy with a clipboard at the SuperBowl (which draws people from across the nation), a random call of one person in each area code, an online survey which people could fill out, etc. And each of those methodologies also has implications on the reliability of the data, as well as potential biases of the data.
I won't go so far to say these data lie, or to say that these journalists are lying. But I remain skeptical.
Nonetheless, again I want to thank you for the clip which does help expand the data and provide some clarity.
(I know I am a bit contentious, and am trying to work on my civility, as SGT Charlie Lee helped point out how negative I have become on here.)
But I feel like it is also HEAVILY spun. And it still doesn't show the SPECIFICS of questions asked.
The wording makes a HUGE difference in the results. I am VERY strongly anti-abortion. But, if the question is asked correctly, I can be counted in the pro-abortion camp.
I support abortion if the mother's life is at serious risk, via "the morning after pill," and in cases of rape, when pursued in a timely manner after the rape. If you ask me "should abortion ever be legal?" I will have to answer yes, and you can count me as "pro-abortion."
Survey makers - especially political survey makers - spend HOURS honing their questions to achieve specific results. Which is why I always want to see the specific questions.
And, of course, sampling also matters, which is not covered in the clip. He says it is "national.". But that doesn't tell me if it was one person from 49 states and 251 from California, if it was one guy with a clipboard at the SuperBowl (which draws people from across the nation), a random call of one person in each area code, an online survey which people could fill out, etc. And each of those methodologies also has implications on the reliability of the data, as well as potential biases of the data.
I won't go so far to say these data lie, or to say that these journalists are lying. But I remain skeptical.
Nonetheless, again I want to thank you for the clip which does help expand the data and provide some clarity.
(I know I am a bit contentious, and am trying to work on my civility, as SGT Charlie Lee helped point out how negative I have become on here.)
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