{"id":235281,"date":"2020-11-27T15:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=235281"},"modified":"2020-11-26T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T18:07:32","slug":"post-election-poll-abortion-impacted-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/post-election-poll-abortion-impacted-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-election poll shows how abortion issue impacted voters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A post-election poll of voters in the 2020 election shows that the issue of abortion played a key role in the election, leaning in favor of pro-life candidates, according to a press release<\/a> from National Right to Life (NRLC). The poll was conducted by McLaughlin & Associates.<\/p>\n

Nationally, 23% of voters said the issue of abortion affected how they voted, and said they voted for pro-life candidates. In comparison, only 18% of voters who said abortion affected their vote voted for pro-abortion candidates. This gave pro-life candidates a five percent advantage.<\/p>\n

According to NRLC, in states in which the organization’s political committees were most active, 27% of voters said the issue of abortion caused them to vote for pro-life candidates, compared to only 16% of voters who said the issue caused them to vote for pro-abortion candidates.<\/p>\n

These numbers show the issue of abortion played a large role in pro-lifers’ decisions on how to vote in 2020. According to NRLC, 71% of candidates supported by the organization won their races. “Despite being vastly outspent by pro-abortion organizations such as Planned Parenthood and EMILY’s List, pro-life candidates won […] by significant margins,” said NRLC.<\/p>\n

Part of these pro-life wins included the election of\u00a017 pro-life women<\/a> to Congress. Nine of them flipped seats that were previously held by pro-abortion incumbents,\u00a0according to the\u00a0Susan B. Anthony List<\/a>. This new influx brings the total number of pro-life women in congress to 27.<\/p>\n

According to Secular Pro-Life<\/a>, there were 14 federal races won by pro-life candidates by a difference of fewer than five points. “[I]n other words,” said the group, “those where single-issue pro-life voters likely decided the election….”<\/p>\n

Pro-life advertising seems to have paid off in this election, with about one-third of voters saying they remembered hearing or receiving pro-life information or advertising in the days leading up to the election, including from NRLC, Susan B. Anthony List, Americans United for Life, and Women Speak Out PAC.<\/p>\n

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