How Democrats Used the Abortion Debate to Hold Off a Red Wave

[irisblue]

(btw fuck that headline writer & the editorial staff for not realizing abortion access is women's health care access

Article- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/abortion-midterm-elections-democrats-republicans.html

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snip-"Voters in three states — California, Vermont and highly contested Michigan — decided to protect abortion rights in their state constitutions. In a fourth, Kentucky, a conservative bastion and home to Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, voters rejected an amendment saying their constitution gave no right to an abortion.

For decades, abortion politics worked a certain way, rallying the Republican base and abortion opponents with far more intensity than abortion rights supporters. Conservative evangelicals and Catholics often voted on abortion, or the future of the Supreme Court, even if it meant compromising other priorities."

snip-"But overturning Roe v. Wade appears to have flipped the script. In the months since the June decision, Democrats seized on the issue, linking abortion to everyday family economics and health care and tapping into voters’ fears about the rise of far-right Republicans. They wove the issue into broader Democratic messages that framed the election as a referendum on what they describe as Republicans’ “extreme” views, and not on President Biden and Democratic control in Washington."


Clueless mofos.

[Lovie777]

1. MFers corporate media played along with the abortion issue had faded .....

and majority of the "women" had moved on and were more concerned about the economy and crime. Apparently middle aged to senior citizens also could care less about SS, SSI, Medicare nor Medicaid because of the crime and economy.

It's the economy stupid quote traveled thru the universe, RED WAVE hallelujah, praise the Lord.

And I said to myself, these issues - abortion and SS, etc were and still are front and center to majority of Americans.

[Conjuay]

2. don't forget aliens bringing

truck loads of fentanyl in for halloween trick and treaters.

[SheltieLover]

3. Absolutely!

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I believe Dobbs subsequently affected male voters.

Guys started to connect the dots: No access to abortion for their wives/girlfriends/others meant potential child support obligations. In lieu of biological fathers, parents of underage expectant mothers bracing for financial burdens. And they voted.