national

Abortion

registered voters

November 03, 2016—January 16, 2026: 426,325 Responses

Do you think abortion should be:

Refined by:

race:

White

100% - Legal in all cases

100% - Legal in most cases

100% - Illegal in most cases

100% - Illegal in all cases

100% - Unsure

100% - Net Legal

11%

- Net Legal

2026-01-16

Net:

Uncertainty Range

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Sum Totals

All Respondents

January 16, 2026

100% of population

Total

Legal in all cases30%

Legal in most cases29%

Illegal in most cases28%

Illegal in all cases9%

Unsure4%

Subgroups

Refined by:

race:

White

69% of population

Total

Legal in all cases26%

Legal in most cases27%

Illegal in most cases33%

Illegal in all cases10%

Unsure4%

Legal in all cases36%

Legal in most cases23%

Illegal in most cases26%

Illegal in all cases13%

Unsure3%

Legal in all cases31%

Legal in most cases26%

Illegal in most cases29%

Illegal in all cases11%

Unsure3%

Legal in all cases21%

Legal in most cases29%

Illegal in most cases36%

Illegal in all cases9%

Unsure4%

Legal in all cases21%

Legal in most cases28%

Illegal in most cases37%

Illegal in all cases9%

Unsure4%

education: Non-College Graduate

Legal in all cases23%

Legal in most cases25%

Illegal in most cases36%

Illegal in all cases11%

Unsure4%

education: College Graduate

Legal in all cases30%

Legal in most cases28%

Illegal in most cases30%

Illegal in all cases9%

Unsure3%

education: Postgraduate

Legal in all cases33%

Legal in most cases35%

Illegal in most cases23%

Illegal in all cases6%

Unsure3%

Legal in all cases19%

Legal in most cases27%

Illegal in most cases39%

Illegal in all cases11%

Unsure4%

Legal in all cases33%

Legal in most cases27%

Illegal in most cases27%

Illegal in all cases9%

Unsure3%

party: Democrat

Legal in all cases58%

Legal in most cases39%

Illegal in most cases2%

Illegal in all cases<1%

Unsure1%

party: Republican

Legal in all cases3%

Legal in most cases15%

Illegal in most cases58%

Illegal in all cases19%

Unsure5%

party: Independent

Legal in all cases28%

Legal in most cases32%

Illegal in most cases29%

Illegal in all cases7%

Unsure5%

All Respondents

January 16, 2026100% of population

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

Total

30%

29%

28%

9%

4%

Subgroups

Refined by:

race:

White

69% of population

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

Total

26%

27%

33%

10%

4%

age

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

36%

23%

26%

13%

3%

31%

26%

29%

11%

3%

21%

29%

36%

9%

4%

21%

28%

37%

9%

4%

education

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

Non-College Graduate

23%

25%

36%

11%

4%

College Graduate

30%

28%

30%

9%

3%

33%

35%

23%

6%

3%

gender

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

19%

27%

39%

11%

4%

33%

27%

27%

9%

3%

party

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

58%

39%

2%

<1%

1%

3%

15%

58%

19%

5%

28%

32%

29%

7%

5%

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