A new Detroit News/WDIV poll shows that support for Michigan's ballot measure that would protect abortion rights has fallen over the past month, but a majority still supports it.
There is a group of people outside of the Michigan State Capitol.
The poll found that 45% of respondents supported Michigan's Proposal 3, which would amend the state's constitution to give people the right to make and carry out their own abortions.
When the question was last asked, 61.6% of people supported the ballot measure.
The number of people who said they did not support the proposal went up.
Only 3.8% of voters are undecided about how they will vote, but most of them have made up their minds.
77.7% of those who identify as strong Republican voters are opposed to Proposal 3, up from 51.2% last month.
Democrats are broadly in favor of the ballot measure, with 95.5% of strong Democratic voters and 76.2% of those who lean Democratic.
The abortion measure will play out in practice. The Detroit News/WDIV poll had a relatively small sample size, so it is possible the election results could be different. In Kansas, polling ahead of the state's abortion ballot measure in August ended up being not predictive of the final results, as a July poll suggested the initiative would narrowly pass, which would have paved the way for the state to ban abortion.
A majority of respondents plan to support a ballot measure that would impose term limits on state legislators and require public financial disclosures from state officials, as well as a ballot measure that would expand voting rights.
Kentucky will vote on an initiative that says the state's Constitution does not protect abortion rights, as well as ballot measures in Michigan, California and Vermont that would make abortion rights a fundamental right.
The Michigan poll suggests that voters are less interested in abortion rights now that the Supreme Court has legalized abortion. A CBS News/YouGov poll found a five percentage point drop in the number of voters who said abortion is important to their vote between September and October, while a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found a five point increase in the number of voters who said abortion is important to their vote. The polling is in line with other surveys suggesting Republicans have been pulling ahead in races nationwide, after Democratic strategists had previously hoped abortion would be a key motivator to get their base to vote. President Joe Biden gave a speech in October promising to send legislation enshrining abortion rights into federal law if Democrats keep control of Congress.
A poll shows where Michigan voters stand on three ballot proposals.
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Michigan voters will decide abortion rights after the court approves the ballot measure.
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