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Title: "Pro-Choice" Americans at Record-Low 41%
Source:
Gallup
URL Source: http://www.gallup.com/poll/154838/P ... oice-Americans-Record-Low.aspx
Published: May 23, 2012
Author: Gallup
Post Date: 2012-05-23 10:59:39 by A K A Stone
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Views: 566
Comments: 4
PRINCETON, NJ -- The 41% of Americans who now identify themselves as "pro-choice" is down from 47% last July and is one percentage point below the previous record low in Gallup trends, recorded in May 2009. Fifty percent now call themselves "pro-life," one point shy of the record high, also from May 2009. Gallup began asking Americans to define themselves as pro-choice or pro-life on abortion in 1995, and since then, identification with the labels has shifted from a wide lead for the pro-choice position in the mid-1990s, to a generally narrower lead for "pro-choice" -- from 1998 through 2008 -- to a close division between the two positions since 2009. However, in the last period, Gallup has found the pro-life position significantly ahead on two occasions, once in May 2009 and again today. It remains to be seen whether the pro-life spike found this month proves temporary, as it did in 2009, or is sustained for some period. Decline in "Pro-Choice" Views Seen Across Partisan Groups The decline in Americans' self-identification as "pro-choice" is seen across the three U.S. political groups. Since 2001, the majority of Republicans have consistently taken the pro-life position, but by a gradually increasing margin over "pro-choice." That gap expanded further this year, with the percentage of Republicans identifying as pro-life increasing to 72% from 68% last May, and those identifying as pro-choice dropping to 22% from 28%. Still, Republicans' current views are similar to those found in 2009. 
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Another example of Odinga's "war on women" backfiring. All he and his pointy tailed minions did was to help polarize fence sitters towards his opposing view.
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