2018 Maine and Alaska Polls on Roe v Wade
As Republicans try to confirm conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the pressure is mounting on two moderate senators ― Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) ― to either block or greenlight a nominee who would almost certainly vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The senators’ constituents in Maine and Alaska broadly want the landmark abortion rights decision to be upheld, according to a new survey by Democratic polling firm Clarity Campaign Labs on behalf of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. In Maine, 68 percent of voters want to see Roe upheld, including nearly half of Republicans, 53 percent of GOP women and 71 percent of independents. In Alaska, 63 percent of voters want Roe to stay in place, including 72 percent of independents.
The pollsters conducted phone interviews with 597 registered voters in Alaska and 750 in Maine between July 3 and July 9.
The Planned Parenthood survey largely tracks with the results of a 2014 poll by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, which found that 63 percent of Alaskans and 64 percent of Maine residents support legal abortion. Meanwhile, a Gallup poll released last week found that 64 percent of Americans support the Roe decision.
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