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AMERICANS SPLIT OVER WHETHER SUPREME COURT NOMINEES SHOULD REVEAL POSITION ON ABORTION Americans are divided over whether or not nominees to the Supreme Court should publicly state their position on abortion before being approved by the U.S. Senate; 48% believe they should reveal their position and 45% say they should not. There is a gender split on this issue: women break in favor of a nominee revealing their position with 54% saying they should reveal their position and 38% saying they should not. In contrast, 54% of men say a nominee should not reveal their position compared to 41% who say they should. There is also a partisan split on this issue with a majority of Democrats (59%) saying the nominee should reveal their position where a majority of Republicans (57%) say they should not.
Moreover, most Americans (61%) do not think Roe will become illegal in the next four years. That leaves a minority -- roughly a third -- who think it will. This perception is shared widely across members of both genders, different racial and ethnic groups, various regions, and varying levels of income and education. METHODOLOGY
The poll was conducted between September 1 and September 25 by the Stony Brook University Center for Survey Research. 830 adults were interviewed nationally. The poll was based on an RDD sample of telephone numbers drawn from blocks with at least one-listed residential number. Up to 7 contact attempts were made at each selected household and individuals were selected at random within households. Findings within each of four regions of the country (Northeast, Midwest , South, and West) were weighted using post-stratification weights for age, education, and gender in accordance with statistics of the Census Bureau Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey for the reference year 2004. Overall national findings were additionally weighted using pre-stratification weights to correct for the differential probability of selection in each region. The margin of error is plus/minus 3.4 percentage points.
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HEALTH PULSE OF AMERICA September 1-25, 2005 NOTE: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. __________________________________________________________________________ Do you think that a person nominated to join the United States Supreme Court should or should not publicly state his or her position on abortion before being approved by the U.S. Senate for the job?
__________________________________________________________________________ Do you think that abortion:
__________________________________________________________________________ In your view, how likely is it that abortion will become illegal in the United States in the next four years?
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AMERICANS WANT SCHOOLS TO CRACK DOWN ON ATHLETE STEROID USE Most Americans think that the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs by high school athletes is a problem according to the latest Health Pulse of America poll: 45% see it as a major problem and 38% view it as a minor problem. This perception is shared equally common among parents and non-parents. Moreover, almost 80% want high schools to random test high schools athletes for the use of performance enhancing drugs such a steroids, and 76% believe high school athletes who test positive for such drugs should be banned form school athletic teams. Once again, parents and non-parents hold almost identical positions on steroid testing and the banning of athletes who test positive.
In fact, views on steroid testing in high schools are similar among men and women, and do not differ by income, geographic region, or race and ethnicity. The one exception is lower levels of black and Hispanic support for banning athletes who test positive. This receives support from 60% of blacks, 57% of Hispanics but over 80% of whites. In addition, roughly 14% of Americans report knowing someone who uses steroids to enhance their physical appearance or athletic performance. Not surprisingly, this is more common among men (18%) than among women (10%). It is also more common among younger people with 19% of 18 to 34 year olds knowing someone who uses steroids compared to only 3% of those aged 65 or older.
METHODOLOGY
The poll was conducted between September 1 and September 25 by the Stony Brook University Center for Survey Research. 830 adults were interviewed nationally. The poll was based on an RDD sample of telephone numbers drawn from blocks with at least one-listed residential number. Up to 7 contact attempts were made at each selected household and individuals were selected at random within households. Findings within each of four regions of the country (Northeast, Midwest , South, and West) were weighted using post-stratification weights for age, education, and gender in accordance with statistics of the Census Bureau Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey for the reference year 2004. Overall national findings were additionally weighted using pre-stratification weights to correct for the differential probability of selection in each region. The margin of error is plus/minus 3.4 percentage points. STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HEALTH PULSE OF AMERICA September 1-25, 2005 NOTE: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. __________________________________________________________________________ Do you think the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by high school athletes is a major problem, a minor problem or no problem at all?
__________________________________________________________________________ Do you think high schools should require school athletes to submit to random drug testing that would include testing for performance enhancing drugs such as steroids or do you think that schools should not do this?
__________________________________________________________________________ Should high school athletes who test positive for steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs be banned from high school athletic teams, or not?
Sample Composition
__________________________________________________________________________ Do you personally know anyone who uses steroids to enhance their physical appearance or their athletic performance or not?
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