Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate

About two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion in many or all circumstances. This Element focuses on the ways that preference intensity and partisan polarization have contributed to the current policy landscape surrounding abortion rights.

List of contents

1. Frustrated Majorities, Intense Minorities, and Abortion Policy; 2. A Brief History of Abortion Rights in America; 3. State Variation in Abortion Policy Post-Dobbs; 4. Abortion Attitudes and Partisanship in the American Electorate; 5. Preference Intensity and Abortion-Focused Americans; 6. Abortion Focus and Polarization; 7. Electoral Politics Post-Dobbs.

Summary

About two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion in many or all circumstances. This Element focuses on the ways that preference intensity and partisan polarization have contributed to the current policy landscape surrounding abortion rights.

Product details

• Authors: Erin C. Cassese, Erin C. (University of Delaware) Ondercin Cassese, Heather L. Ondercin, Jordan Randall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009533133
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953313-3
• No. of pages: 108
• Series: Elements in Gender and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Politics and government, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control