https://axios.com/biden-democrats-abortion-boost-challenge
Top Democrats are divided on whether to make abortion the central issue of the 2024 elections, with centrists warning it could undercut efforts to focus on more broadly appealing economic topics.
Why it matters: Tuesday's results in Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia gave Democrats ample evidence that a solid majority of Americans — including many independents and suburban Republicans — want to preserve access to abortion.
But some Democrats wonder if relentlessly focusing on abortion could drown out their messaging on an improving economy and protecting democracy from the forces that led to Jan. 6 — themes they hope will resonate more with voters than polls suggest.The concern is that abortion rights — while highly motivating for the Democratic base — might not attract enough swing voters who are more concerned about inflation, crime and immigration.
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I think the reason abortion is such a major issue is because of how personal and material it is in the lives of many people. People care about the issues that will directly benefit/affect their lives; no one actually cares about any of these ridiculous identity politics/culture-war/nonsense issues, and we especially don't have any trust in these repetitive "improving the economy" or "protecting democracy" scripts. We're all depressingly well aware that nothing good is ever going to happen again. We all know that the economy is never going to improve, we all know… Read more
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