📰REPORTERS: What to know about abortion opinion at this moment.
A lot going on. (We're tracking opinion over the year - Jan, Jun., July, Sept., Dec.)
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Partisan gaps on views about gender roles are much larger than gender gaps per se.
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Horrifying and sobering read from this morning. Power and control animated by sexism, misogyny, racism. Things you know and then continue to see in the numbers. How is this 2023. Good grief.
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12) Does sexism and beliefs toward women relate to abortion views? Absolutely. Pro-choice adults in blue, anti-abortion adults in orange:
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Oh I'm so behind the times. has a substack - SUBSCRIBE! She wrote a great piece today weaving our data into a discussion on masculinity and violence.
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24) P.S. What does the future hold? Look to 18 to 29 yos, who are VERY different
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23) Bad news: 22% aren't sure. 29% of men say yes or not sure.
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22) P.S. Good news - only 3% of adults in our survey think the eggs in women's ovaries have shells on them
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21) Here's our take:
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20) Why are we here?
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19) BTW: anti-abortion respondents are more likely to think a male partner knows that abortion is “ending a life or a potential life” (55%) than the woman having an abortion (38%)
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18) And it's sexist views and false stereotypes that are the best predictors of abortion views - not religiosity, gender, education, party ID, ideology, etc.
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17) But her belief is not about reality - most people who have abortions are at or near poverty, have already have a child, and cite responsibility to care for others and not being able to afford a child as reasons for an abortion. This is about sexism and false stereotypes:
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16) This is an enlightening quote from an anti-abortion voter in Texas.
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15) I.e., this belief is not based on reality, it's based on one's views toward women. Here's what those who strongly agree think:
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14) Pause a minute there. Half the public thinks there are many women who, at say 39 weeks of pregnancy carrying around an 8 pound baby, decide to have an elective abortion out of irresponsibility. I doubt this scenario applies to a single person on the PLANET, let alone "many"
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13) Here's one of the most stunning findings. I'll track this question for a long time. Agree or disagree: "There are many irresponsible women who will decide to have an abortion up until the moment of birth."
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12) Does sexism and beliefs toward women relate to abortion views? Absolutely. Pro-choice adults in blue, anti-abortion adults in orange:
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11) There are some gender differences within and across racial/ethnic groups. Black women hold the most egalitarian views; white men least. Exception: gender identity.
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10) Here's why we say differences are more about party ID than gender. Democratic men look more like Democratic women than other men (or women).
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9) Big gulfs on the intersection of race and gender. This is one area we've seen recent shifts among Democrats - higher %s disagreeing that women of color have equal opportunities as white women
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8) Just 34% of Republicans think a man who forces his wife to have sex against her will should definitely be prosecuted
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7) Republicans are feeling resentment and expressing backlash.
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6) Views toward women / sexist beliefs are most distinct by party ID - not gender. E.g.:
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5) I.e., the public is not as egalitarian as they (or we) tend to think they are. Here are some of the most striking findings:
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4) But, from the 10,000ft view: the country overall is in the middle on beliefs toward women, gender, and sexism.
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3) On the surface, most people believe in equality for women and think there's more work to do.
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2) These five items are the most consistent predictors of opinion across 34 different policy issues. In other words, views toward a changing America are central drivers of opinion.
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1) Context: The best predictors of vote choice relate to views about race and gender. This is from a survey we did with 538 and YouGov predicting vote in the midterm (btw: post-election polling validates)
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🚨 Top results from our new study: Drivers of public opinion - gender edition. Why have women lost their reproductive rights after 50 years? Here's why.
Full report: tinyurl.com/3x3hvn97
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here's one of the seven opinion guys Washington Post hired after laying off 20 journalists
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Can a transgender individual attend a women-only class at Curves?
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Interesting how wapo covers this in the "lifestyle" section
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Lawmakers are launching the Congressional Dads Caucus this morning.
@JimmyGomezCA, who brought his baby to the floor during the Speaker’s race, kicks off the press conference.
Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.
She is safe.
She is on a plane.
She is on her way home.
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BREAKING NEWS: Brittney Griner has been released from Russian prison in exchange for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.
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We've seen evidence in our data of Latinos becoming more prochoice than white voters for the first time. For years, Latino and white voters mirrored each other. Almost a 19pt difference in exit poll👇. Take exits with big grain of salt, but something to add to other data
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This is so sad and problematic for democracy. Not one article about what the election means for policy or voters. Instead? Partisan strategy. Voters absolutely hate it.
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In other words — men keep not giving a shit about our rights & assume we don't either
When we do... they are bewildered
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There are a number of reasons why the pundit class underestimated the effects of Dobbs, but a fairly obvious one is that the pundit class skews male, white, older and is least likely appreciate the significance of the issue bc they're the most personally removed from it.
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12 women will serve as governor in 2023, beating a record of 9 that has stood since 2004.
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BREAKING: Democrat Laura Kelly wins reelection for governor in Kansas. #APracecall at 12:24 p.m. CST. apnews.com/hub/2022-midte
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