Polling: Majority of the Americans Support Medicaid Coverage of Abortion Services (2019)

September 26, 2019

New polling shows that a significant majority of the American electorate supports Medicaid coverage of abortion services; support in battleground congressional districts is even stronger

This memo summarizes key findings from an online survey among 1,413 registered voters nationwide and 407 registered voters from 44 battleground congressional districts in 24 states.1 The nationwide sample includes oversamples of African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Asian voters, as well as voters under age 35 (weighted to their proper proportion in the total sample). The interviews were conducted from August 28 to September 6, 2019. The sample is demographically and geographically representative of the electorate and is consistent with the political dispositions of voters nationally and in the 44 battleground districts.