We recently reviewed polling data produced by the Elliot Institute which found that abortion-on-demand was a relatively unimportant matter for the vast majority of American women. Their priorities were domestic violence, more time with their families and improved educational opportunities.

A national poll conducted by The Polling Company last month found similar attitudes. Of even more immediate interest – this survey documents a substantial difference of opinion and values between the Democrat heir, Hillary Clinton, and a majority of women voters in the country.

For example, 64% of women voters interviewed said they were “less likely” to vote for a candidate who opposed the national ban on Partial Birth Abortions. Sen. Clinton has voted against this measure on four separate occasions. An even higher percentage (68%) of women said they were less likely to support a presidential candidate who supports tax-funding of abortions. This, too, is an area where Clinton is considerably more radicalized than the women she seeks to speak for in national affairs.

Sen. Clinton has twice opposed legislation to make it a crime to take a teenage girl across state lines in order to avoid parental consent laws. A whopping 73% of women interviewed said they would be less likely to support a presidential candidate who would undermine parental authority in this way.

This data strongly suggests that a majority of women voters are up for grabs in the coming presidential election. It reminds us of the fact that President Bush won two narrow national elections largely on the basis of his strong appeal to pro-Life voters. Which brings us to the key question of the day: Why is the pro-abort Rudy Giuliani leading in most national polls?

Obviously one key factor is early name recognition, as well as a friendly national media which has spent some three decades trying to undermine the Republican Party’s commitment to pro-Life values. We are constantly told that conservative values are held by only the “fringe”. Yet another poll contradicts this propaganda:

FRC reports that Fabrizio McLaughlin Associates has just completed a study of likely Republican voters. They found that 51% of Republican voters hold very strong moral values – which will likely determine voting behavior as the presidential race matures. In fact, social conservatives are the single largest constituency of the Republican Party. This strongly suggests that Rudy Giuliani will not maintain his present lead, and that increases the odds that Republicans just might defeat Hillary Clinton next year.