Q-Poll: Voters Back Abortion Push, Casino Expansion
Voters by a wide majority back the effort to strengthen the state’s abortion laws, part of the final end-of-session push from Gov. Andrew Cuomo this June, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.
The poll found that a narrow majority back a proposal to expand non-Indian casinos to commercial operators, but voters are mixed on whether they want a casino in their area.
“Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wants to establish Roe v Wade in state law, in case the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark decision, and voters are with him on its controversial support for late-term abortions,” said Mickey Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. ““On abortion overall, the numbers don’t change much: a small right-to-life minority, a larger abortion-on-demand minority, a majority in the middle saying it depends on the case.”
The poll found that the measure is most popular among self-described Democrats, with 77 percent backing abortion rights for pregnant women when their health is in danger. The move is popular among independent voters as well, with 70 percent giving it approval.
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