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To: Zoltan! who wrote (13617)	3/2/2000 4:45:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

Thanks, I put it on......

To: Zoltan! who wrote (13617)	3/2/2000 4:59:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

Did you just get Barnes on McCain's BJU hypocrisy? Here is the latest Gallup summary of attitudes on abortion: gallup.com For most voters (51 percent in the new Gallup poll) a candidate's position on the issue is just one of many important factors he or she will consider when casting a ballot, and for about three in ten, abortion will not be a major issue. Around one in five voters say they will only vote for a candidate who shares their views on abortion. This includes 10 percent of Americans who will only vote for candidates who share their pro-life views, and 7 percent who are equally strict about voting pro-choice. These voters represent a consequential proportion of the electorate and their strong feelings about abortion explain in part why the issue of abortion continues to get so much attention and why candidates feel the need to spell out their positions early in election cycles. The abortion issue does not divide men or women in significant ways. Older people, as the table below shows, are generally less likely to call themselves pro-choice than younger people. Those with more formal education and higher incomes tend to be more supportive of legal abortion than those with less education and lower incomes. Democrats and Republicans are mirror images on the pro-choice, pro-life question, with 38 percent of Republicans identifying themselves and pro-choice, and 57 percent pro-life, while 53% of Democrats consider themselves pro-choice and 34 percent pro-life. Protestants and Catholics tend to differ little on their attitudes on most questions relating to abortion, but in this Gallup question, Catholics are more likely than Protestants to embrace the pro-choice label. Those who are more active in their faith are generally more likely to call themselves pro-life than those who are less active. Of those who consider religion very important in their lives, for example, just 31 percent are pro-choice. Among those who say religion is not important in their lives, that proportion is 83 percent. Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll, April 30-May 2, 1999 With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life? Pro-choice Pro-life National adults 48 42 Men 47 43 Women 49 42 18-29 years 47 45 30-49 years 54 39 50-64 47 44 65 and older 35 46 East 55 38 Midwest 46 45 South 39 48 West 56 36 College graduate 57 38 Some college 48 45 No college 43 43 $50,000 and over 54 40 $30,000-49,999 55 41 $20,000-29,999 36 49 Less than $20,000 39 45 Republican 38 57 Independent 51 40 Democratic 53 34 Protestant 42 46 Catholic 50 46 Importance of Religion Very important 31 58 Fairly important 37 26 Not important 83 9 The data presented here provide a sampling of a vast collection of survey data collected by the pollsters on abortion. What is striking is that a quarter century of debate has not significantly changed attitudes on abortion. Most Americans remain of two minds about the issue, pulled on some questions in the pro-life direction and on others, to the pro-choice one. That is the reality politicians must confront.