CNN Polling Director Keating Holland had this to say about the findings: «Only a
minority of the rank - and - file members of both [Republicans and Democrats] take an
extreme position on the issue, with just 31 % of Republicans calling for a complete ban on abortion and just 32 % of Democrats saying that abortion should be legal in all circumstances»...
Berelson and Steiner note that «even in
extreme cases, there is usually a sizable
minority of people who read or listen to material against or indifferent to their prior
position — out of curiosity, accident (i.e., no foreknowledge of what the content will be), lack of predispositional strength or, importantly, simple accessibility of materials.»