The Conversation Article RatingIn first nationwide election since Roe was overturned, voters opt to protect abortion access
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| "Exit polls indicate 60" | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The midterm elections point toward protecting access to abortion, more so than preelection polls suggested they would." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Abortion on the ballot and the campaign trail" | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "As of this writing, the House and Senate hang in the balance, yet federal bills that would protect or restrict access to abortion were already unlikely to become laws given that the Supreme Court has indicated states should decide their own laws." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "The outcomes of these initiatives suggest that when Kansas voters in August 2022 rejected a proposed constitutional amendment declaring there is no state right to abortion, it was not a fluke." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Polls also show a gender gap, with more women than men reporting abortion as their top issue." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "More state battles over abortion?" | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Commentary and exit polling suggest that abortion was a motivating issue among Pesylvania voters - especially younger voters." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "And 35" | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "In New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, the Democrat incumbent billed herself as the reason why abortion is protected in New York and stressed a governor's immense power to affect abortion rights." | Negative | -54% Liberal |
| "But abortion was also on the ballot indirectly - in key state and federal elections in which abortion appeared to have been a campaign issue." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "For example, in New Hampshire, Democrat Maggie Hassan held onto her Senate seat against a Republican challenger, Don Bolduc, who called the Dobbs ruling a reason to rejoice." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "In New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, the Democrat incumbent billed herself as the reason why abortion is protected in New York and stressed a governor's immense power to affect abortion rights." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "In New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, the Democrat incumbent billed herself as the reason why abortion is protected in New York and stressed a governor's immense power to affect abortion rights." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
47% :Exit polls indicate 60% of voters nationwide - up 9% since 2020 - believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.45% : The midterm elections point toward protecting access to abortion, more so than preelection polls suggested they would.
43% : Abortion on the ballot and the campaign trail
42% : As of this writing, the House and Senate hang in the balance, yet federal bills that would protect or restrict access to abortion were already unlikely to become laws given that the Supreme Court has indicated states should decide their own laws.
38% : The outcomes of these initiatives suggest that when Kansas voters in August 2022 rejected a proposed constitutional amendment declaring there is no state right to abortion, it was not a fluke.
35% : Polls also show a gender gap, with more women than men reporting abortion as their top issue.
35% : More state battles over abortion?
34% : Commentary and exit polling suggest that abortion was a motivating issue among Pennsylvania voters - especially younger voters.
34% : And 35% of New Hampshire voters said abortion was their top issue, behind only inflation at 36%.
23% : In New York, where Governor Kathy Hochul defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, the Democrat incumbent billed herself as "the reason why abortion is protected in New York" and stressed a governor's "immense" power to affect abortion rights.
20% : But abortion was also "on the ballot" indirectly - in key state and federal elections in which abortion appeared to have been a campaign issue.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.