Abortion is set to be on the ballot in Arizona and Florida in November, but a new poll shows the issue is not giving President Biden the boost he needs to win in those states.
Voters in both states overwhelmingly support access to abortion, but favor former President Donald Trump over Biden in Arizona by 52% to 47% and in Florida by 54% to 45%. . According to CBS/YouGov research.
Democrats have typically been able to pummel Republicans on hot-button issues.
In April, the state Supreme Court upheld a six-week abortion ban that went into effect earlier this month and gave the go-ahead for a referendum to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
Unlike other states that have required a majority threshold for abortion referendums, Florida requires approval from 60% of voters.
Although once a typical battleground state, Florida has become much redder in recent years, with Republicans touting that they now have a majority of registered voters in the state.
Still, the Biden-Harris campaign has opened an office in Florida, and Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have ventured to the state to keep it within the realm of possibility.
In the Sunshine State, 65% want abortion to be legal in all or most cases, while 35% want abortion to be illegal in all or most cases, according to the poll.
But in Florida, abortion (53%) is more important than the economy (89%), inflation (84%), democracy (74%), crime (69%), gun policy (60%), and the state in 2024. of voters, the U.S.-Mexico border (64%) is a “major factor.”
A similar trend was observed in Arizona.
Earlier this month, Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill repealing a 160-year-old law that restricts most abortions performed in the state.
Activists in the state claim they have already collected the signatures needed for a November ballot initiative to codify a woman’s right to abortion into the Arizona Constitution.
According to the poll, about 66% of Arizonans want abortion to be legal in all or most cases, compared to 34% who say they want it to be illegal in all or most cases.
Similar to Florida, abortion (51%) is more likely to be affected by other factors such as the economy (82%), inflation (78%), democracies (70%), crime (59%), and the U.S.-Mexico border (61%). This was followed by a problem. %) will be his “key factor” for 2024 Arizona voters.
Notably, in Arizona, polls show Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake leading Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) by 36% in the race for the coveted seat. They are trailing with a 49% difference.
Trump narrowly lost to Biden in Arizona in 2020, 49.06% to 49.36%, but won Florida the same year, 51.22% to 47.86%.
Ahead of a rematch with his 81-year-old successor, the 77-year-old former president announced that he would hold back on the albatross issue and suspend state decisions on abortion.
At the same time, President Trump publicly argued that Arizona’s 160-year-old abortion policy has gone too far.
The CBS/YouGov poll was conducted March 10-16 and sampled 1,510 adults in Arizona with a margin of error of ±3.3 percentage points and 1,576 adults in Florida with a margin of error of ±3.1 percentage points. .
