Morning Consult Poll: Voters Align With Trump on Abortion

Former President Donald Trump's opinion that the issue of abortion legality should be left to each state is in sync with voters, a new survey showed.

Politico reported a Morning Consult survey asked for a response to states making their own laws on abortion access — with 50% supporting the stance and 35% opposing it.

But the poll shows Trump could be vulnerable on the abortion issue with independents and some GOP voters, Politico reported.

The poll found:

• 60% of self-identified Republicans say they support states making their own rules on abortion, a number that jumped to 75% when told it's a position backed by Trump.
• More than twice the number of Democrats support federal intervention on abortion than believe the issue should be left to the states.
• Independent voters favor both federal and state approaches by nearly 50%; 37% oppose the state-based approach; 53% oppose a 15-week ban. 
• 60% of  independents and nearly 40% of Republicans are unhappy Roe v. Wade was overturned.
• 66% of voters say congressional Republicans were responsible for ending abortion rights; 58% say the responsibility lies with Trump, who appointed conservative justices.
• 46% say they don't trust President Joe Biden's handling the issue; 51% say they disapprove of Trump's handling. Among independents, 25% approve of Trump's handling of the abortion issue compared with more than 33% who approve of Biden's approach.
• 54% of voters support some exceptions to an abortion ban after 15 weeks; 50% support allowing abortions until fetal viability, 37% support banning abortion except to save the life of the mother.
• 75% of voters support continued access to IVF, including 64% of Republicans, 78% of voters over 65, and 65% of evangelicals.

The poll has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.

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