McAuliffe’s Abortion Miscalculation

[Michie]

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Analysis of Virginia’s gubernatorial election shows the abortion issue did not mobilize voters the way Democrats thought it would.


WASHINGTON — Democrats sustained a big loss in the Virginia gubernatorial election last week, where Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost to Republican Glenn Youngkin in a race that was seen as having implications for the 2022 midterms and beyond — and one issue that became a centerpiece of McAuliffe’s campaign against Youngkin was abortion.

But exit polling indicated that, despite looming threats to legal abortion in the United States, such as the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case before the Supreme Court and a law banning abortion after detection of a fetal heartbeat in Texas, promoting abortion rights did not motivate voters the way the McAuliffe campaign expected.

According to CNN’s exit polling, abortion ranked last behind the economy, education, coronavirus and taxes, with only 8% of voters listing it as the “most important issue” facing Virginia. And of the 8% of voters ranking it as important, Youngkin had an edge, as 58% voted for him and 41% for McAuliffe.

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McAuliffe’s Abortion Miscalculation

 

[Miss Shelby]

This is certainly not surprising. The reason, especially in Virginia, is because white voters came in droves to the polls because they don’t like their children learning about lesbian dance theory in grade school and they also aren’t fans of their daughters being sexually assaulted by transgenders It’s out there guys look it up. Also, my confidence in Republican voters has dwindled to next than nothing since just a few short days later members of the Republican parties in the Senate and the House voted for Joe Biden’s infrastructure Bill which I have read and is a ridiculous waste of money. Sooo.. conservatives / Republicans do not rest on your laurels with hubris abounding about the midterms. They are FAR from in the bag.