Should abortion laws be more or less strict (August 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| More strict | 23% |
| Left as they are now | 20% |
| Less strict | 49% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 12% | 17% | 32% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 22% | 33% |
| Less strict | 78% | 44% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 17% | 11% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 9% | 14% | 13% |
| Left as they are now | 4% | 3% | 7% |
| Less strict | 84% | 72% | 77% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 11% | 2% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 17% | 28% | 40% |
| Left as they are now | 35% | 28% | 34% |
| Less strict | 28% | 36% | 17% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 20% | 8% | 9% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 11% | 18% | 33% |
| Left as they are now | 4% | 15% | 33% |
| Less strict | 83% | 53% | 25% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 14% | 9% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 13% | 6% | 14% |
| Left as they are now | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Less strict | 81% | 86% | 79% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 2% | 3% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 28% | 28% | 43% |
| Left as they are now | 20% | 36% | 37% |
| Less strict | 38% | 26% | 14% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 14% | 10% | 6% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 24% | 24% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 23% | 19% | 13% |
| Less strict | 45% | 52% | 52% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 5% | 14% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| More strict | 25% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 22% | 18% |
| Less strict | 43% | 54% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 8% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 28% | 19% | 22% |
| Left as they are now | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| Less strict | 44% | 55% | 43% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 6% | 11% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 34% | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 16% | 23% | 30% |
| Less strict | 52% | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 9% | 8% | 9% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 36% | 26% | 21% | 19% | 23% | 18% |
| Left as they are now | 15% | 18% | 20% | 24% | 20% | 21% |
| Less strict | 15% | 43% | 55% | 52% | 51% | 57% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 34% | 13% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 5% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 38% | 15% | 14% | 8% |
| Left as they are now | 23% | 23% | 13% | 9% |
| Less strict | 31% | 51% | 64% | 77% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 11% | 9% | 6% |
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| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 40% | 20% | 4% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 24% | 23% | 11% | 5% |
| Less strict | 24% | 51% | 80% | 56% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 11% | 7% | 6% | 18% |
