Do Americans Support The 20 Week Abortion Ban And Cutting Food Stamps? WaPo Says Yes. [View all]

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No wonder repuke fuckwads in Congress have been seizing on these two issues. This is typical right wing WaPo; it's written like an advocacy piece for repukes.

While Republicans have spent the last several months litigating issues on which Democrats showed a distinct advantage in the polls — tax breaks for the rich, gun control and immigration, to be specific — the GOP has recently seized on a couple of issues that actually appear to poll in their favor: food stamps reductions and a 20-week abortion ban.

Judging by the vocal opposition to the Republicans’ actions on these issues, that may surprise some people. But in fact, polls show the GOP’s opposition to abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy polls pretty well, and its desire to rein in food stamps (which House Republicans separated from the Farm Bill this week) could be a net-positive too.

A National Journal poll from two weeks ago showed narrow support for the ban, 48 percent to 44 percent, while Gallup polling has consistently shown about two-thirds of Americans think abortion should be illegal in the second trimester (i.e. even well before the 20th week).

Similarly, Americans are on-board with reductions in the food stamp program. A January Kaiser Family Foundation poll showed 69 percent of Americans favored some kind of reduction in the food stamp program.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/07/12/food-stamps-abortion-pose-big-tests-for-gop-message-machine/