About two-thirds of Americans say they are more likely to support candidates. in favor of the right to abortion at November midterm elections for Congress, according to the results of a poll (Reuters / Ipsos) held on Tuesday.
998 voters took part in the poll, while it found that a relative majority of Americans (41%) said that the country will be a worse place to live, if the US Supreme Court overturns the 1973 ruling (Row v. Wade) which upheld right to abortion.
The poll was conducted a few hours after leak of a draft opinion of the US Supreme Court, according to which the judges intend to overturn the 1973 decision. The court yesterday confirmed the authenticity of the opinionnoting, however, that this is not the final decision.
Sixty-three percent of those polled, including 78 percent of Democrats and 49 percent of Republicans, said they were more likely to support pro-abortion candidates in the Nov. 8 election, which would determine congressional control over the next two years. .
The decision of the US Supreme Courtas reported by the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, is expected to be officially announced at the end of June, while it is a result of the actions taken by Republicans in recent years to form a conservative majority (6-3) in the composition of the court.
Fifty-one percent of Republicans polled said they were less likely to vote for a candidate in favor of abortion.
The court ruling could change the pace of the election, in which Republicans are said to be close to securing control of at least one of Congress’ two legislatures, so that be able to block Democratic President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
The same poll found that 41% believe that the overthrow of the 1973 decision will make the US a worse place to live. Republicans are divided in this regard, with 28% stating that things will get worse, while 29% say that things will get better, while 36% do not have a formed opinion.
The poll showed Americans’ differing views on abortion as a whole: 52% of respondents said they should be legal in most or all cases, while 40% said they should be illegal in most or all cases. cases.
The measure of accuracy of the poll is determined at 3.8 percentage points.
Source: News Beast
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