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Co-founder and partner @PerryUndem Research/Communication (tresa@perryundem.com). Studies opinion on gender equality, health, et al policy issues.
Jun 23, 2023 21 tweets 7 min read
🧵What to know about abortion opinion - one year after Dobbs. Unpacking a year's worth of data here. 1) One of the biggest effects of Dobbs: Voting behavior. Abortion became a #1 issue for Dems, independent women, and women of repro age. 64% of first-time midterm voters said Dobbs was the reason they voted (our Dec. poll)
Jan 31, 2023 25 tweets 7 min read
🚨 Top results from our new study: Drivers of public opinion - gender edition. Why have women lost their reproductive rights after 50 years? Here's why.

Full report: tinyurl.com/3x3hvn97 1) Context: The best predictors of vote choice relate to views about race and gender. This is from a survey we did with 538 and YouGov predicting vote in the midterm (btw: post-election polling validates)
May 6, 2022 25 tweets 9 min read
HEY REPORTERS: What to know when interpreting polling on abortion over the next week - it'll be confusing🧵 1) After 100s of focus groups and scores of surveys on abortion - here's the bottom line rn. About 50% to 75% of adults support abortion rights and access. Among VOTERS, it's higher - about 60% to 75%. Why? They want people having control over these decisions, not the gov't.
Feb 24, 2022 22 tweets 7 min read
NEW SURVEY/THREAD: Abortion rights and access will undergo major shifts this year. Here's what to know about public opinion in 2022. 1) Abortion is not just about a political stance. It's something 65% of women of reproductive age (18-44) say they could envision needing. Also: 58% of men can envision a partner needing
May 19, 2021 25 tweets 8 min read
THREAD. [NYT] Reporters will continue to misunderstand public opinion on abortion if they only rely on @pewinternet and @Gallup / @GallupPoll tracking Qs. Here's why. 1) Imagine one of the only polling question we used to understand opinion about health care is support or opposition to Obamacare.
Apr 14, 2021 25 tweets 8 min read
THREAD. New @perryundem post-election study released. What to know about the 2020 pres. election, the past 4 years, and where voters are now. BUCKLE UP perryundem.com/wp-content/upl… 1. The election was not about issues - not even a global pandemic nor a national economic crisis.
Sep 30, 2019 16 tweets 6 min read
Is it worth it to come forward to allege sexual harassment or assault? What do voters think? (Must read @rtraister and @irin's pieces this morning) 1) Most voters think our culture does NOT teach women that they can come forward without fear of consequences on their own lives - including 67% of women
Aug 26, 2019 40 tweets 13 min read
My "Top 20" insights over the past year on views toward women and equality. It's been quite a year! #womensequalityday #WomensEqualityDay2019 1) A majority of likely 2020 voters think gender equality has NOT yet been achieved. The exception: 77% of Republican men who say we've made it.
Sep 14, 2018 11 tweets 6 min read
Top 10 takeaways from our new gender equality survey with @PlanUSA among 10 to 19 year olds: 1) Boys who played mostly with boy toys growing up (e.g. trucks, guns) v. gender-neutral toys (e.g. legos) are more likely to think about girls' bodies than their brains, hold less egalitarian views, and place less importance on "making the world a better place" as a life goal.