Poll: Voters oppose key Trump priorities

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A majority of people polled disagree with two key promises President-elect Trump has made over the course of his campaign: appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, and building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sixty-seven percent of voters in a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday said the landmark Supreme Court decision that affirmed abortion rights should remain the law of the land, suggesting Trump’s vow to nominate conservative justices who would reverse it is largely unpopular among the general public. Only 30 percent of respondents agreed that the 1973 ruling should be overturned.

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