Approve/Disapprove: The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and leave abortion policy up to the states (August 2022)
category | Total |
---|---|
Approve strongly | 33% |
Approve somewhat | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 39% |
Don't know | 5% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 5% | 34% | 59% |
Approve somewhat | 5% | 9% | 16% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 5% | 11% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 5% | 9% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 77% | 22% | 11% |
Don't know | 3% | 15% | 4% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 2% | 7% | 6% |
Approve somewhat | 4% | 13% | 3% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 1% | 10% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% | 6% | 3% |
Disapprove strongly | 86% | 60% | 81% |
Don't know | 1% | 4% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 57% | 40% | 69% |
Approve somewhat | 23% | 19% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 7% | 9% |
Disapprove somewhat | 3% | 7% | 2% |
Disapprove strongly | 9% | 21% | 6% |
Don't know | 2% | 6% | 4% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 6% | 16% | 61% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 10% | 15% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 3% | 13% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 3% | 8% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 78% | 42% | 11% |
Don't know | 3% | 11% | 2% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 4% | 7% | 5% |
Approve somewhat | 8% | 10% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 7% | 3% | 1% |
Disapprove somewhat | 7% | 2% | 1% |
Disapprove strongly | 73% | 76% | 85% |
Don't know | 2% | 3% | 2% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 31% | 64% | 81% |
Approve somewhat | 23% | 17% | 7% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 6% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 10% | 2% | 0% |
Disapprove strongly | 25% | 8% | 5% |
Don't know | 1% | 3% | 3% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 43% | 12% | 22% |
Approve somewhat | 11% | 12% | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 8% | 8% |
Disapprove somewhat | 4% | 5% | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 32% | 60% | 46% |
Don't know | 3% | 3% | 8% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 40% | 27% |
Approve somewhat | 13% | 10% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 8% | 7% |
Disapprove somewhat | 5% | 4% |
Disapprove strongly | 33% | 45% |
Don't know | 3% | 7% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 23% | 32% | 49% |
Approve somewhat | 16% | 10% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 8% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 5% | 5% | 3% |
Disapprove strongly | 42% | 41% | 30% |
Don't know | 7% | 4% | 4% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 19% | 28% | 38% | 40% |
Approve somewhat | 20% | 14% | 9% | 6% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% |
Disapprove somewhat | 3% | 6% | 4% | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 38% | 39% | 38% | 41% |
Don't know | 9% | 5% | 5% | 2% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 35% | 31% | 27% | 35% | 37% | 34% |
Approve somewhat | 2% | 10% | 13% | 10% | 14% | 8% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 0% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 2% |
Disapprove strongly | 47% | 35% | 41% | 39% | 37% | 49% |
Don't know | 7% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 51% | 24% | 22% | 14% |
Approve somewhat | 10% | 20% | 12% | 1% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 5% | 11% | 11% | 5% |
Disapprove somewhat | 4% | 7% | 6% | 2% |
Disapprove strongly | 25% | 31% | 46% | 75% |
Don't know | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Approve strongly | 49% | 38% | 11% | 13% |
Approve somewhat | 15% | 12% | 7% | 11% |
Neither approve nor disapprove | 6% | 7% | 4% | 22% |
Disapprove somewhat | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% |
Disapprove strongly | 18% | 33% | 73% | 30% |
Don't know | 5% | 5% | 2% | 18% |