Increase in Americans planning to vote for candidate who shares abortion view

Finding in Gallup poll comes just before first anniversary of supreme court overturning Roe v Wade

More than a quarter of registered US voters say they will only vote for candidates who share their beliefs on abortion, according to a poll released on Wednesday, a total (28%) one point higher than last year.

The survey, from Gallup, was released before the first anniversary of Dobbs v Jackson, by which conservatives on the supreme court removed the right to abortion that had been safeguarded since Roe v Wade in 1973.