33% of Democrats say that they watch porn more than once a month, while 21% of Republicans say the same. The same percentage (30%) of Democrats and Republicans say that they’ve watched porn but less than once a month, but while only 29% of Democrats say that they have never watched porn, 43% of Republicans say that they’ve never seen it.
Democrats tend to think that pornography has neither a positive nor a negative impact on someone’s sex life, with 50% of them saying that it has little, if any, impact. 25% say that it has a negative impact, while 22% think it has a positive impact. Among Republicans, however, only 14% think it has a positive impact while 36% think it makes no difference either way. Just under half of Republicans (47%) think that watching porn has a negative impact on people’s sex life.
Overall, Americans are evenly split on the moral acceptability of pornography. 39% of Americans say that watching porn is morally acceptable, 38% say that it is morally wrong and 23% aren’t sure either way. Men (49%) are more likely than women (30%) to think that it’s morally acceptable, as are Democrats (47%) compared to Republicans (28%).
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