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It was the only poll you posted and it agreed with what I said lol.
In order for us to have a disagreement you would have had to come up with something CONTRARY to what I said.
No, I said look on p.9-10 you chose to look at in your own words: "the first paragraph in the analysis you provided supports exactly what I have been saying."
You also stated one poll on pro-life vs. pro-choice out of the 4 available specifically asking that question. A poll that asked abortion questions before that specific question, which was noted.
What I see from those trends is people seriously divided on the issue and have been consistently.
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Obviously, and I believe that's why you are having such difficulty accepting a simple premise
You are stating the premise is simple. I'm saying it is not.
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You keep assuming that those who think abortion is murder are only pro-life voters.
No I never did. You are reading too much into what I stated.
Then I don't know why you are even bringing up those numbers, but lets forget that then.
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and the data supports that statement the other numbers you have posted don't have anything to do with the assertion I made.
the numbers YOU are looking at are within the margin of error as to the question of whether or not those polled believe in a woman's rights which is the point you are trying to make.
But it's a completely separate topic of discussion from my original point which you have yet to contest effectively.
The number of people that are indicating in polls that they are pro life is rising.
Your choices are 1.) agree with that simple fact 2.) disagree with it and provide polling data that shows a disparity to the first poll you posted. 3.) continue trying to reshape the argument to fit the numbers that agree with an assertion that is irrelevant to the statement I have made.
Pro-life and pro-choice numbers:
Yankelovich/Time/CNN (margin of error +/- 3-5 but the sample size varies for each year)
Q: Thinking about abortion, if you had to choose, would you describe yourself as being more pro-choice – supporting a woman's right to have an abortion-or more pro-life-protecting the rights of unborn children?
Oct.-Nov. 1995
Pro-life: 40%
Pro-choice: 53%
unknown: 7%
Jan. 2003
Pro-life: 45%
Pro-choice: 49%
unknown: 1%
Fox News, (margin of error +/- 3-5 but the sample size varies for each year)
Q: On the issue of abortion, would you say you are more pro-life or more pro-choice?
Aug. 1997
Pro-life: 40%
Pro-choice: 50%
unknown: 10%
Apr. 2013
Pro-life: 44%
Pro-choice: 49%
unknown: 1%
Q: With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?
Gallup (margin of error +/- 3-5 but the sample size varies for each year)
Note: The trend here is taken only from polls where the pro-life/pro-choice question was asked after other questions on abortion.
Sep. 1995
Pro-life: 33%
Pro-choice: 56%
unknown: 11%
May 2013
Pro-life: 48%
Pro-choice: 45%
unknown: 2%
PSRA/Newsweek (couldn't find any of these polls but there previous polls are margins of +/- 3-5)
Q: On another subject, which side of the political debate on the abortion issue do you sympathize with more? The Right to Life movement that believes abortion is the taking of human life and should be outlawed or the Pro-choice movement that believes a woman has the right to choose what happens to her body, including deciding to have an abortion?
Oct. 1998
Right to life: 39%
Pro-choice: 51%
unknown: 10%
Oct. 2006
Right to life: 39%
Pro-choice: 53%
unknown: 8%
Yankelovich/Time/CNN looks to be within margin of error.
Fox News looks to be within margin of error
Gallup looks to be outside of margin of error.
PSRA/Newsweek looks to be within the margin of error.
