Quinnipiac poll re: Notre Dame Commencement

May 20, 2009

Quinnipiac University poll
April 21-27
2041 voters
MOE +/- 2.2%

Should Notre Dame rescind invite to POTUS?
Yes 31%
No 56%

Catholics
Yes 34%
No 60%

Catholics attend service weekly
Yes 43%
No 49%

Less observant Catholics
Yes 26%
No 70%

Protestants
Yes 33%
No 51%

Evangelicals
Yes 42%
No 44%

Given four choices on abortion:

• 15% of all voters, including 13% of Catholics and 10% of observant Catholics, say abortion should be legal in all cases;
• 37% of all voters, including 37% of Catholics and 19% of observant Catholics, say abortion should be legal in most cases;
• 27% of all voters, including 28% of Catholics and 40% of observant Catholics, say abortion should be illegal in most cases;
• 14% of all voters, including 16% of Catholics and 26% of observant Catholics, say abortion should be illegal in all cases.