![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/number-of-americans-in-favour-of-legal-abortions-surges-ahead-of-vital-midterms/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Election-2022-Abortion-Kentucky-Frankfort-United-States-13-Apr-2022.jpg&description=Recent polling suggests the number of Americans in favour of legal abortions is now at two thrids ahead of the vital Midterm elections on November 8. How important the issue will be for voters in deciding their vote remains unclearA new poll says the number of Americans who think abortion access should be legal has gone up The number of Americans in favour of legal abortions appears to be on the rise ahead of the key Midterm elections on November 8. A joint poll by news network ABC and The Washington Post says that 66% of Americans now believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. Poll researchers say the change in the percentage is likely down to a large percentage change in views among women after the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 was overturned earlier this year. Founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institute, Elaine Kamarck, said to ABC: "I'm a little sceptical of the recent polling on this. I think we don't know the impact of the abortion issue because it's not your usual public policy issue." The Midterms will greatly impact the success of the Biden presidency ( AFP via Getty Images) How much of an effect the issue will have on the Midterms is unclear, but the joint polling shows the Democrats have a 13-point lead over their GOP counterparts when it comes to dealing with the issue of abortion. Despite this, they have only narrow leads on issues of threats to democracy, four points, and for education and schools, three points. Democrats have a 13-point lead over Republicans when it comes to dealing with the issue of abortion. ( Wilson Ring/AP/REX/Shutterstock) Republican campaigns have targeted the Democrats on crime, where they lead by 20 points, inflation, a 12-point lead and the economy, by 14 points. Each of these issues ranks more highly in terms of importance for registered voters that took part in the poll, but abortion may serve as the issue that stops the clear GOP lead on the econom){kind=link}
Recent polling suggests the number of Americans in favour of legal abortions is now at two thrids ahead of the vital Midterm elections on November 8. How important the issue will be for voters in deciding their vote remains unclear
The number of Americans in favour of legal abortions appears to be on the rise ahead of the key Midterm elections on November 8.
A joint poll by news network ABC and The Washington Post says that 66% of Americans now believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases.
Poll researchers say the change in the percentage is likely down to a large percentage change in views among women after the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision in 1973 was overturned earlier this year.
Founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institute, Elaine Kamarck, said to ABC: “I’m a little sceptical of the recent polling on this. I think we don’t know the impact of the abortion issue because it’s not your usual public policy issue.”