Of Total GOP Support is Among Conservative White Evangelicals
That’s the proportion of Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters who self-identify as conservative white evangelicals — but that number varies widely among key primary states.
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That’s the proportion of Republican and GOP-leaning registered voters who self-identify as conservative white evangelicals — but that number varies widely among key primary states.
That’s the share of the U.S. public who say the U.S. government does not give enough support to the soldiers who have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; but a narrow majority (51%) believes the American people give sufficient support.
That’s the percentage of American adults who oppose making it more difficult for women to obtain abortions — 35% favor such a move.
That’s the proportion of the public that now agrees with the statement that “AIDS might be God’s punishment for immoral sexual behavior.” When this question was first asked in 1987, public opinion was divided, with 43% agreeing and 47% disagreeing.
That’s the large percentage of Americans who think that environmental laws and regulations should be stricter. But when asked if “people should be willing to pay higher prices to protect the environment,” the number agreeing falls to 60%, down from 65% in 2003.
That’s the number of Americans who now say they want their congressional representative to support a bill calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by August 2008. Just 33% want their representative to oppose it.
That’s the portion of Americans who say they would prefer to vote for a moderate candidate from either political party; by comparison only 32% say they would prefer to vote for either a liberal Democrat or a conservative Republican.
That’s the percent of Democratic voters who think of themselves as “liberals.”
That’s the percentage of Americans who now support allowing gay persons to serve openly in the U.S. military. Only 32% are opposed.This represents significantly broader support for this inclusive policy than in 1994, when 52% favored allowing gays to serve openly and 45% were opposed.
That’s the portion of registered voters who received recorded telephone messages in the final stages of the 2006 mid-term election. These so-called “robo-calls” were the second most popular way for campaigns and political activists to reach voters, trailing only direct mail as a key tool of political communication.
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