New Quinnipiac poll
What explains Quinnipiac’s unusually high poll numbers in favor of abortion? Quoting from its August 16 press release:
American voters continue to support the Roe v. Wade decision 62-32%, consistent with past poll findings.
It always depends who was asked:
From August 7-13, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,545 American voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.5%, including 611 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.0%, and 717 Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 3.7%.
Quinnipiac should rather have said, “American voters polled, 54% of whom were Democrat and 46% Republican, support the Roe v. Wade decision 62-32%, consistent with past poll findings.”
Is it consistent? For Quinnipiac, it appears so. Its only other published political party breakdown from a May 2007 poll showed it asked then 51.5% Democrat and 48.5% Republican, which explains why answers were slightly more in line with other polls, although skewed left.
I called Quinnipiac and asked why it polled more Dems than Republicans. The spokesman said they do a straight demographic phone poll. They take responses from whoever picks up the phone until the quota is filled.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
” They take responses from whoever picks up the phone until the quota is filled.”
Sure they do!!
Considering that there are more registered Democrats than registered republicans, polling more Democrats would be the only way to get a statistically accurate sample.
Rasmussen Reports:
Number of Republicans in U.S. Hits New Low, Number of Democrats Also DeclineJune 2, 2007 at 6:58 am
I don’t see why it matters. There are plenty of Democrat right-to-lifers, like Casey, and plenty of pro-choice Republicans (some polls find a majority of registered Republicans are pro-choice) like Arlen Specter.
SOMG, if you read the Quinnipiac poll data, you’ll see 42% of Republicans agree with Roe vs. 77% of Dems. It matters.
Republicans are in deep minority status for the next decade or two, so the democratic support of abortion (77%) looks like the wave of the future.
Most people dont even understand what Roe DID, and they dont understand what would happen if Roe was overturned. Polls like that really dont tell you much.
Most people don’t seem to understand that Roe doesn’t exist anymore. Let it go!!
Most people don’t seem to understand that Roe doesn’t exist anymore.
Heh heh – well yeah, Heather, and there’s a really easy and simple reason for that.
Guess what?
Doug