Abortion has become the top issue motivating Americans to protest in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a new Gallup poll reported Wednesday.
Gallup found that 39% of Americans “have felt the urge to organize or join a public demonstration,” statistically unchanged from 36% when the company last asked the question in 2018.
In 1965, when the company started polling the issue during the Vietnam War and civil rights movement, 10% of Americans expressed a desire to protest.
This year’s poll found Democrats, liberals, women and upper-income college graduates are “most likely to protest.