Do you believe only 9% see abortion as a "major election issue".

[riversedge]

there is that old saying that people vote with their wallets. I was out canvassing this weekend and inflation seems to be on a lot of peoples minds.

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[Elessar Zappa]

1. We'll find out in two weeks.

I still think we’ll outperform the polls but it could go either way.

[Meadowoak]

7. I think it's gonna be a huge blue wave.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. I would love that!

May it be so.

[SYFROYH]

2. yep.

Its an issue like guns. Everyone says they care, but in the end its not a major voting issue for most people.

[AkFemDem]

3. My college daughters and their friends

Are very keyed into this election specifically because of the abortion issue.

I do think that the economic issues become more important, the older the voter. I would hope that abortion rights would be “very important” for more than 9% of voters though.

[Silent3]

4. It wouldn't surprise me

It's only because the alternatives to democracy are worse forms of government that I favor democracy, not because I have any great respect for the foresight and intelligence of the electorate.

[Meadowoak]

5. Nope. I see it as the MSM trying to steer another election to the Repubes.

Just vote

[emulatorloo]

16. Agreed. MSM reports on Democrats using Republican framing.

[Freddie]

6. I'd love to hear exactly what the R's plan to do about inflation

All I’m seeing is scare ads about “crime run rampant”. NO solutions are being offered. We

[Elessar Zappa]

10. They won't do shit about crime OR inflation.

All they do is complain, they have no solutions.

[emulatorloo]

15. Yes. Their only solutions are tax cuts and defunding Medicare and Social Security .

[33taw]

9. Yes, the republicans changed the narrative in late summer.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Maybe abortion is not as big an issue in MI as it was in the spring.

People seem calmer, now that the state constitution amendment (protecting abortion rights) is on the ballot and almost guaranteed to pass. So maybe that's why it's a lesser issue here. Maybe it's not a huge issue in most states that already protect a woman's right to choose.

I voted (absentee) for the new amendment, along with all Dems, and all pro-choice judicial candidates.

Now, I will vote my wallet and make a contribution to Planned Parenthood.

[Jimbo S]

12. I think the Dems are overplaying this

An important issue? Yes. But also other issues on the table. Just hope the Dems aren't overplaying their hand on this. Like the above said, we'll find out in two weeks.

[emulatorloo]

14. Dems are speaking to many issues, including economy, health. MSM not necessarily reporting that.

[ananda]

13. Hell no! That's ridiculous!

!!!

[mymomwasright]

17. Nope!

Abortion rights coupled the threat of losing Social Security, Medicare and Election Rights should be enough stuff! It all depends on the messaging. The Republicans have always used the "Boogeyman" to scare up votes. The difference for Dems is that the "Boogeymen" are very real and this needs to be conveyed to voters, powerfully!

[CrispyQ]

18. Not only do I believe abortion is low on the list,

I think the dems are counting on women to save the midterms & if it doesn't happen, our party, the media, & probably half the country will pile on democratic women for not getting out the vote enough to save the country. Who cares that family planning should be a men's issue, too.

I once read, "democrats are great at policy but suck at politics," & I have come to believe that's true.

[JohnSJ]

22. Read the responses on that twitter post. It appears most of the women responding consider it a

major issue

[Zeitghost]

30. Yes, but...

People who respond to Twitter posts aren't a representative sample.

[Celerity]

34. +1

[Farmer-Rick]

19. They are trying to make us think we don't care about abortion access

But if you don't have your bodily autonomy, if you can't decide what babies you will have, do you really care about inflation?

When they take away most all your birth control and keep you from talking about abortions, are you going to be worried about the 30 cents increase in gas?

When they take away women's rights to vote is the $8 a loaf of bread going to worry you? Maybe if you have 15 children to feed,

[JohnSJ]

20. Depends who you are talking to. I suggest if we want a true indicator on this, just poll women

[lindysalsagal]

21. Many people still find it difficult to discuss abortion "out loud."

But it will nevertheless gotv.

[maxsolomon]

23. I believe it.

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It's not a major issue for me. The damage is done; the GQP won the SCOTUS and we're living in the result.

It's highly unlikely a Dem Senate would overcome the filibuster to codify Abortion Rights, and most of the action is going to be in Gerrymandered State Legislatures in places I don't live and have no vote in.

TBH, I don't even know if I have a "major issue" - I am a Yellow Dog Dem. My major issue is keeping Republican hands off the levers of power, period, and it has been my entire voting life.

[Elessar Zappa]

26. But we can overcome the filibuster

if we have 52 Dem Senators. Every would-be Democratic Senate candidate has said they’ll get rid of the filibuster for abortion and voting rights.

[maxsolomon]

28. Right. Nothing is impossible; it's just unlikely.

The Senate exists to blunt change.

[budkin]

24. The women that registered for this specific issue say otherwise

And we'll see that wave on election night.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. Roevember is coming

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[madville]

27. Question can go either way too

It can be a major issue to either side, half of that 9% may think it’s a major issue because they want it totally banned.

[milestogo]

29. 9% of grumpy old white guys, maybe

[RobinA]

31. Abortion Has Been

on the ropes for quite some time now. Most if not all my voting life, which started in 1976, I've been voting with abortion in mind. I tend to think that if you are inclined to see abortion as a major issue you've been voting that way already. Hopefully I am wrong.

[Ferrets are Cool]

32. That right there is a perfect example of why I put no faith in ANY polls.

NONE OF THEM.

[Sympthsical]

33. This has been shown consistently across polls

That abortion is not being prioritized as highly as people assume it is.

Across six polls in the last two weeks, abortion kept landing around an average of 6th on the list of issues voters care about. Inflation was always the top issue by a mile.

I don't know how much of this accounts for new voters. Pollsters do have ways to account for new registrations. But many states also have same-day registration.

So all we can really do is see what happens. Kansas is noteworthy, but it was also an off-election that happened close to the Dobbs decision. Voter sentiments can cool and attention can shift over five months. We've had bad inflation report after bad report for months. That can be eroding things.

I'll just say I'm not counting on Dobbs as much as I was a month ago. But I'm still not discounting it either.