Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The electoral politics of abortion rights.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith writes for Bloomberg that Democratic strategists see the future ruling(s) by the Supreme Court on abortion rights as an opportunity to rally Democratic base voters and suburban women. While abortion rights are a perennial issuAbbreviated Pundit Roundup: The electoral politics of abortion rights.
Ryan Teague Beckwith writes for Bloomberg that Democratic strategists see the future ruling(s) by the Supreme Court on abortion rights as an opportunity to rally Democratic base voters and suburban women. While abortion rights are a perennial issue in congressional campaigns, Democratic strategists say that the kind of major shift to restrict access signaled by the court’s conservative majority in a case argued Wednesday would spur their base voters to turn out while moving swing voters away from the Republican Party. A court ruling is expected by the summer, giving Democrats a powerful pitch to raise money and recruit campaign volunteers as they head into the final stretch before the November elections. If the issue tipped the balance in even a few races, it could determine control of Congress, where Democrats currently have an eight-seat margin in the House and control the Senate only because of Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote. Chris Hayden, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said that Republicans are in a bind because their base wants the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion. Read more
