WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS.
>> Dana: THANK YOU.
>> Bill: BACK TO THE STUTTER
FROM THE SUPREMES.
HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT
ALLOWING THE STATES TO MAKE THE
DECISION ON ABORTION?
WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF ACCESS
RESEARCH.
BRENDA, GOOD MORNING.
THE FIRST ONE, WE ASKED WHETHER
OR NOT YOU WANTED ROE VERSUS
WADE TO STAND OR OVERTURN IT.
AT THE MOMENT 63% SAY LET IT
STAND.
LET’S START THERE ON WHAT YOU
FIND.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD MORNING.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
I LOVE THAT YOU ARE SHOWING
THESE TWO UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
THESE QUESTIONS.
SO WHEN YOU ASK VOTERS ABOUT
ABORTION IS NOT AS SIMPLE
SAYING I’M A PRO-CHOICE OR
PRO-LIFE.
VOTERS ATTITUDES ON ABORTION
ARE NUANCED.
A MAJORITY SAY LET IT STAND.
AMERICANS SUPPORT SOME ACCESS
TO ABORTION.
BUT AS YOU ASKED IN YOUR POLL
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
RESTRICTIONS THAN WE HAVE TODAY.
YOU SEE A CLEAR MAJORITY
SUPPORT THE MISSISSIPPI RULING
OF 15 -- A BAN AFTER 15 WEEKS.
YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS START TO
SUBSIDE ONCE YOU TALK ABOUT
ALLOWING ABORTIONS AFTER SIX
WEEKS.
AMERICANS DO SUPPORT
RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION.
BUT THEY DON’T NECESSARILY WANT
TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE
OVERALL.
THAT’S WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THE
NUMBERS THAT DON’T MATCH.
>> Bill: THIS MAY MAKE YOUR
POINT HERE.
TELL US.
WE ASKED HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
ABORTION AFTER SIX WEEKS AND
THEN AFTER 15 WEEKS.
FAVOR 50% AFTER SIX WEEKS.
FAVOR 54% AFTER 15.
DOES THAT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND
WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON THAT BASED
ON SOME OF THESE STATE LAWS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO PEOPLE LIKE TURNING IT OVER
TO THE STATES AND LETTING THE
STATES SET THEIR OWN
RESTRICTIONS.
WHAT HAPPENS YOU CAN SEE IF YOU
SAY WE SHOULD BAN ABORTIONS
AFTER 15 WEEKS PEOPLE SAY THAT
MAKES SENSE TO ME, YEAH.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST
FOUR MONTHS.
WHEN YOU SEE THE TEXAS LAW AND
PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WE SHOULD
BAN ABORTIONS AFTER SIX WEEKS
YOU START TO LOSE INDEPENDENTS,
MOMS, SUBURBAN WOMEN WHERE YOU
SEE THE NUMBERS DROP.
SO PEOPLE DO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW,
ALLOWING ROE TO STAND BUT THEY
WANT TO SEE MORE RESTRICTIONS
WHICH THIS GIVES --
>> Bill: A LITTLE CONFUSING AND
I’M ASKING IT FOR A REASON.
I WANT TO HELP US UNDERSTAND IT.
I REALLY THINK AS THE ISSUE IS
BEING CONSIDERED AND THOUGHT
ABOUT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT WAYS
AFTER THE LEAK OF 36 HOURS AGO
MAYBE THESE VIEWS CHANGE ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER.
WE FOUND IN OUR POLLING 44%
BELIEVE ABORTION SHOULD BE
LEGAL ALL OR MOST OF THE TIME.
44%.
54% THINK IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
ALL OR MOST OF THE TIME.
FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT PORTION
IS SAYING ILLEGAL HAS BEEN
ABOVE 50% IN OUR FOX NEWS POLL.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
OUTLIER.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT IN ANY
OTHER POLLS YET.
IT COULD BE AN EARLY INDICATOR
AND SOMETHING REAL HAPPENING
OUT THERE.
RIGHT NOW IT’S A BIT OF AN
OUTLIER.
MOST PEOPLE ARE IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY DON’T WANT IT LEGAL ALL OF
THE TIME.
THEY DON’T WANT IT ILLEGAL ALL
OF THE TIME.
THEY SUPPORT SOME ACCESS TO
ABORTION BUT WITH HEAVY
RESTRICTIONS.
>> Bill: I WANT TO SQUEEZE THIS
IN.
JOB PERFORMANCE JOE BIDEN IS
RUNNING 45% OVERALL.
THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE
ISSUES, WE’VE GONE THROUGH THIS
WEEK AFTER WEEK, AND HE REALLY
ISN’T ABOVE 50% ON ANY ISSUE
THAT AMERICANS CARE ABOUT TODAY.
WHY?
>> WELL, IT’S HIS POLICIES.
WE’VE SAID FOR A LONG TIME
AMERICANS DON’T DISLIKE JOE
BIDEN AS A PERSON, THEY DISLIKE
HIS POLICIES.
AND SO RUNNING INTO POLICIES IS
HOW REPUBLICANS WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL IN THE MID-TERMS.
THEY JUST THINK THAT JOE BIDEN
SIMPLY IS NOT UP TO THE TASK.
WHEN YOU PUT THAT GRAPHIC UP
WHAT’S INTERESTING IS YOU LOOK
AT THE THREE THINGS THAT
AMERICANS ARE MOST CONCERNED
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS
SEGMENT, INFLATION, CRIME AND
IMMIGRATION.
THOSE ARE HIS LOWEST MARKS ON
ANY ISSUE ACOS THE BOARD.
SO RUNNING AGAINST JOE BIDEN
AND ALL OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES, IT IS NOT THAT
VOTERS DISLIKE THEM, IT’S THEY
DISLIKE THEIR POLICIES AND HOW
REPUBLICANS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
AGAINST WARNOCK, KELLY AND
BIDEN.
>> Bill: NICE TO SEE YOU TODAY.