Abortion won't be a winning issue for Democrats in 2024 - Washington Examiner

Democrats spent $600 million in House races in 2022 solely on abortion messaging, while Republicans were focused on crime, the border, and the economy.

Voters have consistently opted in favor of legal abortion in referenda post-Dobbs , sometimes in near-overwhelming numbers.

Democrats bet on abortion because it helped in 2022 and 2023 elections.

Abortion was very important to all voters in 2022 , but now, it isn’t even the highest priority among women or left-wing voters nationwide.

The importance of abortion is even less clear in swing states, with most voters on the whole saying their chief worry is the economy.

In recent off-year elections, voters have favored abortion rights when asked to vote directly on them.

Abortion rights amendments on the ballot could spur abortion-rights voters to split their vote in favor of an abortion rights amendment.

Republicans have largely rallied around the position that abortion policy is now left to voters at the state level.

Republicans must be as able to talk about abortion as articulately and as much as their opponents so as to not let Democrats define issue again.