Anti-choicers in 11 states should be worried about November
Abortion rights initiatives are already on the ballot in four states—Colorado, South Dakota, Maryland, and Florida—and pending signature approval in seven more. That includes more red states—Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Missouri. In addition, advocates in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona are still gathering signatures and likely to succeed. That puts the issue front and center in states key to President Joe Biden’s reelection and the Democrats’ hold on the Senate. Embedded Content Showing just how salient the issue is for voters, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced last Friday that it had the most successful petition drive ever in the state for its constitutional amendment initiative guaranteeing that abortion access remain free in the state. It has gathered 117,000 signatures, nearly twice as many needed to get on the ballot—and from every county and all 100 House districts. That was done with more than 500 volunteers, in a state with just over one million residents. They’ve also raised more than $3 million dollars for the campaign—a sizable warchest for a state with a cheap media market. That success—and that in South Dakota, too!—shows how salient the issue is in even deep red states. The opposition is stiff in these states, with Montana’s volunteers being harassed and intimidated by anti-abortion activists, and an anti-abortion group suing to get the South Dakota initiative disqualified. The anti-abortion side has reason to panic. Voters have spoken in the past two years, from Kansas, Kentucky, and Ohio to all putting the issue on ballots in these states. They’re telling pollsters how important it is, too. The most recent Gallup poll showed a record number saying they’ll vote on this issue alone—32% of them. That breaks down to 23% of pro-choice voters and just 8% of anti-abortion voters. Civiqs polling highlights just how strong the pro-choice sentiment is in the electorate, with a plurality of 31% saying that abortion should be legal in all cases and another 30% saying it should be legal in most cases. Civiqs Results This is a pro-choice country. Biden and Democrats get this, and it’s why they are centering the issue ahead of this election—they just need to make sure they tap into the citizens’ groundswell in every race, but particularly in the Senate and presidential campaigns. RELATED STORIES: Voters care about abortion more than ever—and that’s a problem for the GOP Anti-abortion groups are trying to stop citizen initiatives on reproductive rights Many male pundits say the abortion issue has faded. Maybe they're just dim Campaign Action
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Abortion rights initiatives are already on the ballot in four states—Colorado, South Dakota, Maryland, and Florida—and pending signature approval in seven more. That includes more red states—Montana, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Missouri. In addition, advocates in the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona are still gathering signatures and likely to succeed. That puts the issue front and center in states key to President Joe Biden’s reelection and the Democrats’ hold on the Senate.
Showing just how salient the issue is for voters, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights announced last Friday that it had the most successful petition drive ever in the state for its constitutional amendment initiative guaranteeing that abortion access remain free in the state. It has gathered 117,000 signatures, nearly twice as many needed to get on the ballot—and from every county and all 100 House districts.
That was done with more than 500 volunteers, in a state with just over one million residents. They’ve also raised more than $3 million dollars for the campaign—a sizable warchest for a state with a cheap media market.
That success—and that in South Dakota, too!—shows how salient the issue is in even deep red states. The opposition is stiff in these states, with Montana’s volunteers being harassed and intimidated by anti-abortion activists, and an anti-abortion group suing to get the South Dakota initiative disqualified.
The anti-abortion side has reason to panic. Voters have spoken in the past two years, from Kansas, Kentucky, and Ohio to all putting the issue on ballots in these states. They’re telling pollsters how important it is, too.
The most recent Gallup poll showed a record number saying they’ll vote on this issue alone—32% of them. That breaks down to 23% of pro-choice voters and just 8% of anti-abortion voters.
Civiqs polling highlights just how strong the pro-choice sentiment is in the electorate, with a plurality of 31% saying that abortion should be legal in all cases and another 30% saying it should be legal in most cases.
This is a pro-choice country. Biden and Democrats get this, and it’s why they are centering the issue ahead of this election—they just need to make sure they tap into the citizens’ groundswell in every race, but particularly in the Senate and presidential campaigns.
RELATED STORIES:
Voters care about abortion more than ever—and that’s a problem for the GOP
Anti-abortion groups are trying to stop citizen initiatives on reproductive rights
Many male pundits say the abortion issue has faded. Maybe they're just dim
