Should abortion laws be more or less strict (February 2024)
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| category | Total |
|---|---|
| More strict | 27% |
| Left as they are now | 21% |
| Less strict | 45% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% |
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| Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 25% | 15% | 32% |
| Left as they are now | 5% | 29% | 35% |
| Less strict | 66% | 47% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 9% | 9% |
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| Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 13% | 34% | 24% |
| Left as they are now | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| Less strict | 79% | 55% | 68% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 2% | 3% | 5% |
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| Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 23% | 25% | 38% |
| Left as they are now | 39% | 32% | 36% |
| Less strict | 29% | 35% | 17% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 8% | 9% |
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| Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 19% | 21% | 36% |
| Left as they are now | 7% | 17% | 34% |
| Less strict | 71% | 48% | 24% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 14% | 7% |
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| Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Left as they are now | 7% | 13% | 1% |
| Less strict | 74% | 65% | 75% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 1% | 2% | 6% |
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| Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 25% | 30% | 47% |
| Left as they are now | 34% | 31% | 36% |
| Less strict | 34% | 31% | 10% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 6% | 8% | 7% |
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| Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 27% | 29% | 27% |
| Left as they are now | 25% | 10% | 18% |
| Less strict | 42% | 51% | 44% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 10% | 11% |
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| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| More strict | 30% | 24% |
| Left as they are now | 24% | 18% |
| Less strict | 40% | 49% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 7% | 8% |
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| Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 35% | 21% | 26% |
| Left as they are now | 14% | 24% | 28% |
| Less strict | 43% | 48% | 39% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 7% | 7% |
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| Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 40% | 37% | 19% | 19% |
| Left as they are now | 20% | 13% | 22% | 29% |
| Less strict | 35% | 42% | 51% | 46% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
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| Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 48% | 32% | 21% | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| Left as they are now | 14% | 23% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 18% |
| Less strict | 16% | 37% | 45% | 43% | 51% | 55% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 22% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 2% |
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| Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More strict | 39% | 21% | 13% | 10% |
| Left as they are now | 25% | 19% | 23% | 8% |
| Less strict | 27% | 52% | 58% | 77% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 7% | 5% | 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 | 46% | 20% | 6% | 21% |
| Left as they are now | 23% | 26% | 6% | 27% |
| Less strict | 22% | 49% | 83% | 33% |
| Don't know/No opinion | 9% | 6% | 6% | 18% |
