Poll: Women sympathize more with religious leaders over contraception rule than White House

There are also large partisan gaps in these attitudes. An overwhelming majority of Republicans (83%) sympathize more with the views of religious leaders, while nearly as high a percentage of Democrats (76%) sympathize more with the Obama administration. Importantly from a political perspective is that independents are evenly divided, at 45%.

The views of men and women within each party are fairly similar, with 82% of Republican women and 84% of Republican men siding with religious leaders. Similarly, about three-quarters of Democratic women and men sympathize with the Obama administration. Independent women and independent men are both closely divided.