Abortion no longer turning Michigan women out to vote, poll finds
Michigan women are far more concerned about inflation and the rising cost of household expenses than they are about abortion, with a majority saying they believe abortion is now a settled issue in the state, according toa recent poll.
That’s a big change from just two years ago, when nearly 70% said ensuring the right to reproductive freedom was an important part of why they turned out to vote. That’s when Michigan voters passed Proposal 3, a measure enshrining broad reproductive rights in the state constitution, just months after the Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade.
“We really wanted to see if, now that abortion is not going to be directly on the ballot, if Michigan women were still motivated by this issue to turnout,” said Ashley Kirzinger, associate director of polling at KFF, a nonprofit health policy research and news organization. (Pollsters surveyed 876 Michigan women voters between May 23 – June 5 this year, both online and by telephone, with results weighted to reflect voter demographics.)
More than 40% of all women voters say inflation is now the most important issue, with just 10% saying abortion is the biggest factor driving their vote. And 60% of all women said they believe the issue of whether abortion is legal in Michigan has been decided.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/health/2024-07-01/abortion-no-longer-turning-michigan-women-out-to-vote-poll-finds
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