Whether public opinion should be expected to play a role in the shaping of abortion
legislation in the states is a debatable question. Representation is a difficult task, especially …

Few studies make a direct connection between public opinion, public policies, and the
behavior of the mass public. This book demonstrates for the first time that such a connection …

Objective. Although research suggests that national forces can play a role in local and state
elections, most of this work has only recently begun to examine the potential role of national …

The number and variety of state policies regulating abortion each year is increasing.
Opponents of abortion adopted a strategy of “legal but inaccessible” that has resulted in the …

Is public policy in states that allow initiatives and referenda more responsive to public
opinion than in states that do not? Political science theory provides conflicting answers to …

Past research has shown that elected officials are generally responsive to the public's
attitudes on policy, particularly in domains such as morality policy. But will this …

We investigate the distinctiveness of state attitudes and their impact on attitudes toward legal
abortion. We find modest differences in the level of support for legal abortion and for …

Public preferences about the availability of abortion under various circumstances have
remained fairly stable over time. Yet a standard CBS/New York Times abortion question …

This research examines the politics of funding abortions for low-income women in the
American states. State policies on abortion funding reflected the relative strength of citizen …

That Democrats are widely perceived as a pro‐choice party while Republicans are generally
perceived as a pro‐life party seems apparent to even the most casual observer of American …