Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate

Erin C. Cassese, Heather L. Ondercin, Jordan Randall

Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
16 January 2025
Pages
108
ISBN
9781009533133

Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate

Erin C. Cassese, Heather L. Ondercin, Jordan Randall

About two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion in many or all circumstances, and this group finds itself a frustrated majority following the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization which overturned the legal precedent set in Roe v. Wade. Previous scholarship argues intense minorities can secure favorable policy outcomes when facing off against a more diffuse and less motivated majority, creating incongruence between public opinion and policy. This Element focuses on the ways that preference intensity and partisan polarization have contributed to the current policy landscape surrounding abortion rights. Using survey data from the American National Election Studies, the authors identify Americans with intense preferences about abortion and investigate the role they play in electoral politics. They observe a shift in the relationship between partisanship and preference intensity coinciding with Dobbs and speculate about what this means for elections and policy congruence in the future.

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