80% of D.C. is Pro-Life?
I had the pleasure of having lunch this past week at Old Ebbitt Grill with a prominent pollster located in the Washington area. He conducts phone surveys for candidates and parties.
He claims that his survey of households in the District of Columbia revealed that 80 percent of voters in the District are pro-life. If true, the figure is truly astounding. His hypothesis is that blacks-- who make up nearly 60 percent of the D.C. population --are traditionally pro-life.
As stated in the D.C. Republican Party platform, the party has declined to take a position on the abortion issue: "Because there are various views in our Party on right to life/choice, the District of Columbia Republican Committee does not support any language in the platform on this issue."
I'll hold my fire on the wisdom of a political party leaving any pertinent issue alone because there is disagreement within the ranks. But D.C. Republicans may be missing out on a winning issue-- someone should conduct and publish a statistically-accurate poll to determine the truth.
He claims that his survey of households in the District of Columbia revealed that 80 percent of voters in the District are pro-life. If true, the figure is truly astounding. His hypothesis is that blacks-- who make up nearly 60 percent of the D.C. population --are traditionally pro-life.
As stated in the D.C. Republican Party platform, the party has declined to take a position on the abortion issue: "Because there are various views in our Party on right to life/choice, the District of Columbia Republican Committee does not support any language in the platform on this issue."
I'll hold my fire on the wisdom of a political party leaving any pertinent issue alone because there is disagreement within the ranks. But D.C. Republicans may be missing out on a winning issue-- someone should conduct and publish a statistically-accurate poll to determine the truth.
posted by The Libertarian Republican at 8:51 PM
2 Comments:
you can be pro-life (as in you personally do not believe in abortion, and would never have one) while at the same time recognizing that there is a separation of church and state, and that you cannot restrict other's actions based on your own religious convictions...
Separation of church and state has nothing to do with the point at which life begins. That is a scientific issue. Once all the genes are there, if that is life, then it should be protected.
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