GALLUP: Partisans’ Views on Moral Acceptability (% who say “morally acceptable”
Abortion
🔵 Dems: 73%
🔴 Reps: 18%
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Changing ones gender
🔵 Dems: 60%
🔴 Reps: 5%
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Gay or lesbian relations
🔵 Dems: 81%
🔴 Reps: 35% (was 56% in 2022)
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Doctor-assisted suicide
🔵 Dems: 68%
🔴 teenagers
🔵 Dems: 54%
🔴 Reps: 16%
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Sex between an unmarried man and woman
🔵 Dems: 83%
🔴 Reps: 46%
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Pornography
🔵 Dems: 47%
🔴 Reps: 19%
Here's how Americans view the moral acceptability of 20 common behaviors (Gallup 2025 poll):
✅️Most morally acceptable:
• Birth control: 83%
• Divorce: 74%
• Unmarried sex: 65%
• Gay/lesbian relations: 62%
❌️Most morally wrong:
• Extramarital affairs: 89%
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