COMMENTARY: It’s still possible that Republicans will gain control over one, or even both, houses of Congress. Even so, given the numerous political headwinds facing Democrats, Republicans were left disappointed by the results of Tuesday's election.
Supporters react as preliminary results come in for Michigan Proposal 3 on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Detroit. Abortion rights supporters won in the four states where access was on the ballot Tuesday, including voters enshrining it into the state constitution in battleground Michigan.
In the Peach State, incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp caught the ire of Trump when he refused to indulge in 2020 election conspiracy theories. In a fit of pique, Trump sought to oust Kemp in the state’s Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this year. Republicans in Georgia refused to take the bait, nominating Kemp for a second term overIt was a different story in Georgia’s Republican Senate primary, in which Trump-backed candidate Herschel Walker received the nomination.
Democrats, on the other hand, waged a fierce counterattack in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. When the issue of abortion was returned to the political arena, Democrats were given a casus belli, which they exploited to great effect. Exit polls from battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan show that abortion — not the economy — was the single biggest issue motivating voters.
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