It’s Election Day in Ohio and the issue of abortion is directly on the ballot.
More than a year after the Dobbs decision, early exit polls show an Ohio electorate that is dissatisfied about the overturn of Roe v. Wade, including almost 4 in 10 who are angry about it.
Women, Democrats, younger voters are particularly unhappy with Roe’s overturn.
Not everyone holds this view. Republicans, conservatives and white evangelical voters casting ballots in this election are mostly satisfied with the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe.
These early exit poll results indicate that most Ohioans voting in this election feel that abortion should be legal in all or most cases – about six in ten do – this is similar to what we’ve seen among adults nationwide in recent CBS News polling.
On the issue of abortion, slightly more voters here trust the Democratic Party over the Republican Party.
It’s not only the issue of abortion that’s on the minds of Ohio voters, but the economy and finances too.
More Ohio voters say their finances are worse, not better, compared to what they were three years ago and related to that – it’s the Republican Party who is trusted more than the Democratic Party by Ohio voters to handle the economy – particularly among those who say their finances are worse.
President Biden lost the state of Ohio in 2020 by eight points, and today, most Ohio voters disapprove of the job he is doing as president.
We are one year out from the 2024 election, with President Biden running for re-election and former President Trump leading the GOP field for the Republican nomination.
There is a sizable portion of the Ohio electorate who aren’t that excited about the prospect of either Trump or Biden running for president: four in 10 Ohio voters don’t think either of these candidates should be running for president.
Exit poll results may change as CBS News gets more data.
This CBS News Ohio exit poll includes in-person interviews with Election Day voters and interviews by phone, email and text-to-web invitations that measured the views of absentee/by mail voters and early voters. The surveys were conducted by Edison Research on behalf of the National Election Pool.
— Jennifer De Pinto and Fred Backus
