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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Mon Dec 28, 2015, 01:24 PM Dec 2015

TYT: Surprising New Poll Results On Abortion

A recent poll reveals six in ten Americans think abortion should be legal in most cases. The poll was conducted after the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) discuss on The Young Turks. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Support for legal abortion in the U.S. has edged up to its highest level in the past two years, with an Associated Press-GfK poll showing an apparent increase in support among Democrats and Republicans alike over the last year.

Nearly six in 10 Americans — 58 percent — now think abortion should be legal in most or all cases, up from 51 percent who said so at the beginning of the year, according to the AP-GfK survey. It was conducted after three people were killed last month in a shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.” *

*Read more here: http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/2a3d931d52894dff9c12342f6b9baf9d/support-legal-abortion-highest-level-2-years

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TYT: Surprising New Poll Results On Abortion (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP

Who are these people who change their minds from moment to moment? Human101948 Dec 2015 #1

People who are not thinking about the issue or politics much mentalslavery Dec 2015 #3

Anna is a gem... NoMoreRepugs Dec 2015 #2

Well this probably won't hurt your opinion of her then... WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 #4

........ daleanime Dec 2015 #5

The only ones surprised by this aren't paying attention. malthaussen Dec 2015 #6

If it were up to me, the so-called Pro-lifers or people that wanted restrictions on abortions should BlueJazz Dec 2015 #7

Human101948

(3,457 posts)

1. Who are these people who change their minds from moment to moment?

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 02:11 PM

Dec 2015

Isn't this something that should be set in your mind?

mentalslavery

(463 posts)

3. People who are not thinking about the issue or politics much

Reply to Human101948 (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 04:50 PM

Dec 2015

are likely to report social desirability bias...which is the more subtle form of what is being discussed here where respondents do not want to be associated with either the life or choice side after an event that cast either side in a negative light.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,449 posts)

2. Anna is a gem...

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 04:35 PM

Dec 2015

would not surprise me to see her stature and exposure grow

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

4. Well this probably won't hurt your opinion of her then...

Reply to NoMoreRepugs (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 05:43 PM

Dec 2015

She could be on MSNBC today if she wanted to.

Actually, I don't know if that's true. She hasn't disclosed who, only that she has had offers from other, more mainstream outlets for a lot more money than TYT can pay her. She stays with TYT because they don't tell her what to report or how to report it.

Settling for less money in exchange for a good night's sleep...

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

5. ........

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 11:03 AM

Dec 2015

malthaussen

(17,215 posts)

6. The only ones surprised by this aren't paying attention.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 11:12 AM

Dec 2015

Actually, I am a bit surprised -- that the number isn't higher. What the right-to-lifers lack in numbers they make up for in volume. And the media just laps it up, of course.

-- Mal

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

7. If it were up to me, the so-called Pro-lifers or people that wanted restrictions on abortions should

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Original post)

Tue Dec 29, 2015, 06:35 PM

Dec 2015

....be taxed extra to support the women who are forced to have children.

IF that were law, those fuckers would change their mind before this sentence is through.

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