Midterms reinforce Christian voter trends on abortion, GOP

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : "In red states and blue states, with religious voters and secular voters, wherever abortion was on the ballot, abortion rights disproportionately won," she said in a statement.
44% : In the midterm elections, evangelical Christians across the nation reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes, while Catholic voters once again showed how closely divided they are -- even on abortion.
40% : It legalized abortion nationwide -- with some limits -- until it was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.
39% : "Most of the country wants some restrictions on abortion, but they don't want bans," Fea said.
38% : In Kentucky, a reliably Republican state, voters rejected a GOP-backed ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion.
34% : "The Christian right, despite the fact that they got what they wanted with the overturning of Roe, is not getting the extent of the victory they had hoped." Only about one in 10 voters nationwide and across most states say abortion should be illegal in all cases, according to AP VoteCast.
17% : Even among white evangelical voters, while most say abortion should generally be illegal, only about two in 10 say abortion should be illegal in all cases.

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