What impact did abortion rights have on the 2022 US midterms?
Exit polls suggest inflation and the economy were the most important issues to voters – a fact that should have benefited the Republicans.
Democrats had campaigned around abortion rights, gun control and the threat to democracy – something pundits thought was a mistake.
But considering the Democrats performed significantly better than anyone had expected, it suggests that a lot of voters were choosing to support pro-choice candidates and the issue of abortion rights were on the minds of voters.
In the five states that had special propositions on the ballot about abortion rights – California, Kentucky Michigan, Montana, and Vermont – a majority of voters supported allowing women to terminate pregnancies.
