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NEW POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose #GOPshutdown Over Planned Parenthood

September 28, 2015
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With only two legislative days until Americans suffer another Republican Government Shutdown, a new Quinnipiac University poll released today reveals what Democrats have long known: the American people do not want a #GOPshutdown over Planned Parenthood!

POLITICOPoll: 69 percent oppose shutdown over Planned Parenthood

Nearly seven in 10 Americans — 69 percent — oppose shutting down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood, according to the results of a new national Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.

Just 23 percent support closing the government over the dispute.  Even among Republicans, a majority of 56 percent to 36 percent opposes a shutdown due to Planned Parenthood.

…as far as cutting off funding to the group, 52 percent said they would oppose doing so…Women opposed such an action by a wide margin — 60 percent to 34 percent…