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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: 52 percent of Virginia voters against forced ultrasound law
Quinnipiac: Virginia Voters Against Bill Requiring Women To Undergo An Ultrasound Before Getting An Abortion
A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that a majority of Virginia voters are against a bill that requires women to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before seeking an abortion recently passed by the state's legislature and signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA). A 52 percent majority are against the new law, with 41 percent for it. Along gender lines more men opposed the law than women, but both groups were against it.
Additionally, a 72 - 21 majority answered in the affirmative when asked "Do you think government should make laws aimed at convincing pregnant women who plan to have an abortion to change their minds, or don't you think so?"
"Virginia had been the only state surveyed by Quinnipiac University in which the State Legislature had received a net positive job approval," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in a release. "The fact that the legislature's approval dropped so much, while approval ratings for other statewide elected officials are basically unchanged indicates that voter dissatisfaction is targeted."
The poll used 1,034 live telephone interviews with registered Virginia voters conducted from March 13th to the 18th. It has a sampling error of 3.1 percent.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/quinnipiac-virginia-voters-against-bill-requiring-women-to
A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that a majority of Virginia voters are against a bill that requires women to have an ultrasound at least 24 hours before seeking an abortion recently passed by the state's legislature and signed by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA). A 52 percent majority are against the new law, with 41 percent for it. Along gender lines more men opposed the law than women, but both groups were against it.
Additionally, a 72 - 21 majority answered in the affirmative when asked "Do you think government should make laws aimed at convincing pregnant women who plan to have an abortion to change their minds, or don't you think so?"
"Virginia had been the only state surveyed by Quinnipiac University in which the State Legislature had received a net positive job approval," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in a release. "The fact that the legislature's approval dropped so much, while approval ratings for other statewide elected officials are basically unchanged indicates that voter dissatisfaction is targeted."
The poll used 1,034 live telephone interviews with registered Virginia voters conducted from March 13th to the 18th. It has a sampling error of 3.1 percent.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/quinnipiac-virginia-voters-against-bill-requiring-women-to
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Poll: 52 percent of Virginia voters against forced ultrasound law (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2012
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CanonRay
(16,171 posts)1. Conclusion: 48% of Virginia Voters are Idiots
See how easy that was.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. "41 percent for it." n/t
CanonRay
(16,171 posts)5. Conclusion Correction: 41% of Virginia Voters are Idiots
7% remain oblivious.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)2. Only 52%
The 52% means that 48% support state rape. There is something rotten in the state of virginia.
SidDithers
(44,333 posts)4. "men opposed the law than women"...
WTF?
Sid