Abortion isn’t going to save Democrats in 2022

Published December 6, 2021 12:00am ET



Some Democrats would have you think that, if the Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion would become a major election issue. But abortion doesn’t put gas in your car or food on your table, and it seems that Democratic strategists recognize it won’t save them in 2022.

Democrats are convinced their policies are incredibly popular and that enthusiasm always favors them, but that has been disproven when it comes to abortion time and time again. Now, Politico has published a piece interviewing “more than a dozen Democratic strategists, pollsters and officials” who are skeptical that even overturning Roe will alter the political landscape next year. Some may even advise their clients not to run on abortion at all.

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