Poll Watch: Rasmussen Survey on Abortion

Rasmussen Survey on Abortion

Generally speaking, on the issue of abortion, do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?

• Pro-Choice 49% [49%] (50%)
• Pro-Life 43% [41%] (40%)

National survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted January 2, 2012. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points. Results from the poll conducted May 23-24, 2011 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 14-15, 2011 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

While women tend to lean towards being pro-choice over pro-life, 52% to 41%, men are evenly divided on the issue. Women also place more importance on abortion as a voting issue compared to men.

Republicans are mostly pro-life; most Democrats are pro-choice. Among voters not affiliated with either party, 48% are pro-choice, and 42% are pro-life.

Most Tea Party voters are pro-life, while a majority of those who do not consider themselves part of that movement are pro-choice.

Most black voters (67%) and other non-white voters (55%) are pro-choice, while white voters are evenly divided on the issue.