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Article: Election Night Results and the Pro-Life "Increment".
- Article from:
- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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Although the overall election results November 7 were very disappointing, polling clearly demonstrates that many pro-life candidates who otherwise would have been defeated prevailed because of their position on the abortion issue. As has been the case in election after election since 1973, election eve and post-election polling showed that the majority of those who voted on the basis of abortion voted for pro-life candidates. This difference between those who vote for pro-life candidate because of the abortion issue and those who for pro-abortion candidates is known as the pro-life "increment."
Unfortunately, this pro-life increment was not enough to save other ...