Faculty Sponsor: Robert Kabacoff
Live Poster Session: Zoom Link
Ella Fleming
Hi! My name is Ella. I’m a second semester senior Anthropology and Government major at Wesleyan, with a concentration in Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory. I’m also from Nova Scotia!
Abstract: This study will explore the intersection of stances on gun laws and abortion in the United States, and whether or not income impacts those beliefs. According to a 2023 conducted by the Pew Research Center, when asked if there was common ground between various policy positions held by Democrats and Republicans, more people answered “none at all” to gun policy and abortion than any other policy, including immigration, the budget deficit, the environment, and foreign policy (Pew, 2023). The political overlap or association between pro-gun and pro-choice feeling in the United States is a complicated issue not easily defined or attributed to one political ideology. Using data collected by the General Social Survey (GSS), a nationally representative survey of adults in the U.S. monitoring trends in public opinion on social issues in America, this study explores the possible nuances within stances on guns and abortions, issues typically defined as either left or right, and demonstrates the possible correlation those stances have with corresponding socioeconomic contexts.
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