STEM CELL RESEARCH:

Where the People Stand

Public Opinion Pollsff

Support Research
Oppose Research

RELIGION: Evangelical White Protestants
50%
40%
White Catholics
54%
35%
Non-Evangelical White Protestants
70%
18%
IDEOLOGY: Conservatives
44%
44%
Moderates
63%
26%
Liberals
76%
14%
POLITICS: Republicans
49%
37%
Independents
62%
26%
Democrats
65%
27%
ABORTION: Legal
76%
15%
Illegal
39%
50%
RACE: Whites
60%
29%
Blacks
48%
44%

 

Chief Factors in Stem Cell Views:

 

Supporters

 

Opponents

Religious beliefs
3%
42%
Things read/seen in the news
28%
13%
Education
22%
6%
Personal nonreligious beliefs
17%
17%
Personal experience
8%
9%
Opinions of family and friends
6%
3%
Something else
13%
9%

 

Public Reaction to Bush's Decision:

Approve Decision
Disappove Decision
All
56%
32%
Preferred broader funding
79%
16%
Preferred no funding
17%
75%

 

Preference on Federal Funding:

Broader federal funding 33%
Bush's limited funding 30%
No federal funding 26%

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