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In reply to the discussion: Will Roe V Wade tip the midterms towards Democrats? [View all]In It to Win It
(8,714 posts)20. I have little confident that this will be the issue that tip voters to our side
I've always been of the opinion that people's base motivation for voting is their own perception of the economy.
If the economy is humming along just fine, and there is a healthy amount of inflation and everything is fine on the financial and economic side, that frees the top spot on the priority on social issues like guns, abortion and whatever else.
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People care more about spending an extra $40 a week on gas than they care about bodily autonomy.
LonePirate
Jun 2022
#13
this must be your opinion because i don't see ANY FACTS in your message text.
Trueblue1968
Jun 2022
#32
I am very interested to see if the governor race in TX would shift into the democrat direction
Claustrum
Jun 2022
#15
Pretty much. It's certainly not the same situation as when Carville coined his phrase in 1992
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2022
#26
I have little confident that this will be the issue that tip voters to our side
In It to Win It
Jun 2022
#20
I think it will help more than hurt and could mean the difference in a few close races nt
Quixote1818
Jun 2022
#22
Rutgers-Eagleton Center for American Women & Politics (45% of women voted paternalistic since 1974).
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2022
#31
It will if the party takes advantage of the burst of energy that is going on now.
lees1975
Jun 2022
#36