Turnout in the summertime primary spiked to nearly the same level of the 2018 midterm general election.
August 05, 2022, 8:52 AMAbortion rights supporters react to the news that voters had rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have declared there is no right to abortion, during the Kansans for Constitutional Freedom election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, Aug. 2, 2022.lopsided result in the Kansas abortion referendum
"If I were a Republican House or Senate candidate or a Republican strategist, I would be panicking right now," said Democratic strategist Jon Reinish. "Voters are furious, and voters are mobilized. Looking at [Tuesday’s] extremely definitive results, I think that this scrambles a lot of conventional wisdom and calculations on the whole midterm landscape this November."
Abortion access supporters won in Shawnee County, home of Topeka, by a 66-34 margin Tuesday. Biden won the county by only 3 points in 2020. "Voters understand the difference between the parties on abortion, and they are increasingly seeing Republicans take steps to ban it," Murphy said, "which can help create a real choice between the two parties."
Biden's approval ratings have been stuck in the 30s, weakened in part by dissatisfaction among his base that key campaign promises are mired in the narrowly divided Congress, stymied by legal and administrative uncertainty or blocked by the courts.
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