Abortion as ‘Defining Issue’ Loses Its Luster Among Voters
Democrats, recognizing that a focus on abortion may have come at the opportunity cost of addressing economic woes, are coming around to defend themselves on these two issues.
In 2020, the Senate majority leader, Charles “Chuck” Schumer, said that Republicans had “released the whirlwind” and would “pay the price” for challenging Roe v. Wade. Earlier this year, it looked like that whirlwind was beginning to materialize.
For a moment in late August abortion seemed to be the defining issue of this midterm election, with women and Democrats dominating new voter rolls and Democrats outperforming expectations in a handful of special elections.
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