Abortion is avoidable. Inflation is not. Thus the Democrats lose

Published October 19, 2022 1:41pm ET



Even in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, sending the abortion issue back to the states, the share of voters who listed abortion as their most important issue for the midterm elections never hit the double digits. Since peaking at 8% in Gallup’s July poll, the share of voters prioritizing abortion has halved, giving way to the highest portion of voters prioritizing economic issues since the Obama administration.

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