Abortion should be possible if the woman is not married and does not want to marry (October 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
Should be possible | 37% |
Should not be possible | 53% |
Don’t know | 10% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 67% | 37% | 11% |
Should not be possible | 21% | 49% | 82% |
Don’t know | 12% | 13% | 7% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 77% | 49% | 72% |
Should not be possible | 13% | 29% | 20% |
Don’t know | 10% | 22% | 9% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 7% | 23% | 9% |
Should not be possible | 88% | 68% | 83% |
Don’t know | 5% | 9% | 8% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 78% | 37% | 12% |
Should not be possible | 16% | 45% | 79% |
Don’t know | 7% | 18% | 9% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 59% | 77% | 94% |
Should not be possible | 27% | 17% | 4% |
Don’t know | 14% | 6% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 19% | 13% | 7% |
Should not be possible | 72% | 76% | 86% |
Don’t know | 9% | 11% | 7% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 34% | 48% | 39% |
Should not be possible | 57% | 41% | 48% |
Don’t know | 9% | 11% | 13% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Should be possible | 34% | 39% |
Should not be possible | 55% | 52% |
Don’t know | 11% | 10% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 50% | 35% | 21% |
Should not be possible | 42% | 54% | 67% |
Don’t know | 8% | 11% | 12% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 55% | 42% | 32% | 24% |
Should not be possible | 34% | 48% | 56% | 68% |
Don’t know | 11% | 10% | 12% | 8% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 47% | 27% | 35% | 36% | 44% | 41% |
Should not be possible | 36% | 62% | 50% | 58% | 48% | 51% |
Don’t know | 17% | 11% | 15% | 6% | 8% | 7% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 15% | 37% | 57% | 66% |
Should not be possible | 74% | 50% | 32% | 29% |
Don’t know | 11% | 13% | 11% | 5% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Should be possible | 12% | 30% | 73% | 42% |
Should not be possible | 76% | 61% | 21% | 34% |
Don’t know | 13% | 9% | 6% | 24% |