BUCKNELL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SPRING SURVEY
TOPLINE RESULTS- ABORTION MODULE
Survey Conducted by YouGov America, June 13-June 23, 2022
N=1500
“Most states require a man who gets a woman pregnant, and does not want to get married and stay in close contact with her, to begin child support payments when the child is born. Would you favor, oppose, or either favor nor oppose a law that instead said that child support payments should begin with the child is conceived?”
Overall
Describe self as “pro life”
Describe self as “pro choice”
Favor
47%
46%
49%
Oppose
28%
28%
27%
Not sure
25%
25%
24%
Total
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Favor
47%
47%
53%
40%
Oppose
28%
31%
24%
31%
Not sure
25%
22%
24%
29%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Men
Women
Favor
47%
39%
52%
Oppose
28%
35%
23%
Not sure
25%
26%
24%
Total
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Republican Men
Republican Women
Democratic Men
Democratic Women
Favor
47%
45%
48%
40%
61%
Oppose
28%
30%
32%
37%
16%
Not sure
25%
25%
20%
24%
23%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
“With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?”
Overall
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Pro-choice
54%
20%
78%
51%
Pro-life
46%
80%
22%
49%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Republican Men
Republican Women
Democratic Men
Democratic Women
Pro-choice
47%
14%
25%
74%
81%
Pro-life
28%
86%
75%
26%
19%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
“Would you favor or oppose a law in your state that prohibited women from obtaining legal abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except in cases where the life of the pregnant woman is threatened?”
Overall
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Favor
46%
69%
28%
45%
Oppose
34%
15%
50%
31%
Not sure
21%
15%
21%
24%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Men
Women
Favor
46%
48%
44%
Oppose
34%
34%
34%
Not sure
21%
17%
23%
Total
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Republican Men
Republican Women
Democratic Men
Democratic Women
Favor
46%
70%
69%
31%
27%
Oppose
34%
18%
13%
52%
49%
Not sure
21%
13%
18%
17%
24%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
“Which of the following comes closest to your views on abortion law: do you think the ability of a woman to obtain a legal abortion should be”
Protected by the federal government
Regulated or limited by the federal government
Left to individual states to decide
Overall
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Protected by federal government
44%
11%
73%
40%
Limited by federal government
16%
20%
13%
15%
Left to the states to decide
39%
68%
14%
44%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Men
Women
Protected by federal government
44%
39%
49%
Limited by federal government
16%
16%
17%
Left to the states to decide
39%
45%
4%
Total
100%
100%
100%
Overall
Republican Men
Republican Women
Democratic Men
Democratic Women
Protected by federal government
44%
9%
14%
71%
75%
Limited by federal government
16%
16%
25%
16%
11%
Left to the states to decide
39%
75%
62%
13%
14%
Total
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
SURVEY METHODOLOGY
YouGov interviewed 1685 respondents who were then matched down to a sample of 1500 to produce the final dataset. The respondents were matched to a sampling frame on gender, age, race, and education. The frame was constructed by stratified sampling from the full 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year sample with selection within strata by weighted sampling with replacements (using the person weights on the public use file).
The matched cases were weighted to the sampling frame using propensity scores. The matched cases and the frame were combined and a logistic regression was estimated for inclusion in the frame. The propensity score function included age, gender, race/ethnicity, years of education, and region. The propensity scores were grouped into deciles of the estimated propensity score in the frame and post-stratified according to these deciles.