The percentage of voters who say they’d only support a candidate for major office who shares their position on abortion has reached a record high, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.
Meanwhile, the percentage of voters who identify as pro-choice is at a near-record level.
What You Need To Know
- The percentage of voters who say they’d only support a candidate for major office who shares their position on abortion has reached a record high, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday
- Meanwhile, the percentage of voters who identify as pro-choice is at a near-record level
- Nearly twice as many pro-choice voters (40%) said they prioritize a candidate’s abortion stance as pro-life voters (22%), the poll found
- The annual survey has found a shift in voter sentiment about abortion since Roe v. Wade was reversed
According to the poll, which has been asking the question since 1995, 32% of voters say they would only vote for a candidate who has similar abortion views, up from 28% last year. That number has climbed from 16% in 2007.
Forty-five percent of respondents said abortion is just one of many factors they consider when voting — down 11 percentage points from last year and 15 points from 2007.
Nineteen percent said they do not consider abortion to be a major issue, up from 14% in 2023.
Fifty-four percent of those surveyed said they identify as pro-choice. While not a record, that number has has risen from 41% in 2012 and from 49% in 2021, the last year before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, returning abortion laws to the individual states.
Forty-one percent say they are pro-life, down from 47% in 2021.
And nearly twice as many pro-choice voters (40%) said they prioritize a candidate’s abortion stance as pro-life voters (22%), the poll found.
The annual survey has found a shift in voter sentiment about abortion since Roe was reversed. Before 2022, views were more balanced or leaned toward the anti-abortion side.
Gallup found that Democrats represented all of the increase over the past two years in voters who say they will only support a candidate who shares their position on abortion. Independents’ and Republicans’ focus on the issue has stayed steady.
The survey, part of Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll, was conducted from May 1-23.