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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : " The Florida governor called to the altar supporters who praised his signing a Florida law this year banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and others who praised his support for allowing religious exceptions for businesses who have refused to provide services for same-sex marriages out of their religious conscience.
45% : Abortion often dominates the discussion at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition events, but candidates also were being asked about gender education in schools, an issue that has risen to the top of social conservatives' priorities in the past two years.
35% : There, DeSantis led a discussion on religious liberty and railed against what he called the "steady chipping away" by "the left in this country intent on infringing on religious freedom.
22% : Also speaking were Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, as well as Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and former Texas Rep. Will Hurd.

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