Can Abortion Still Save the Democrats?

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🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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With an unpopular president and soaring inflation, Democrats knew they had an uphill battle in the midterms. But the fall of Roe v. Wade seemed to offer the party a way of energizing voters and holding ground. And one place where that hope could live or die is Michigan. Guest: Lisa Lerer, a national political correspondent for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tafrinisi, and this is the Daily.
0:05.2	With midterm elections only weeks away, pressure is high.
0:09.3	Democrats could lose their majority in the House and at least a dozen states where the
0:13.0	governor is currently a Democrat could go Republican.
0:16.6	Heading into the midterms, the Democrats knew they had an uphill battle.
0:20.2	Midterms are always tough for the party that's currently in the White House.
0:24.2	The price and gas has skyrocketed seemingly overnight.
0:27.7	The latest Suffolk University USA Today poll shows President Biden's approval rating is
0:31.7	now hit a new low of 38 percent.
0:35.0	Not only does the party empower usually lose, they're also facing down a flagging economy
0:40.5	and an unpopular president.
0:42.0	There in this historic decision the Supreme Court has now overturned Roe v Wade.
0:47.4	Overturned Roe v Wade and the...
0:48.9	But then this summer, Roe fell.
0:50.7	And we're here to say this division must not stand.
0:56.3	Voters and what you might call Ruby Slipper Red Kansas overwhelmingly cited with abortion
1:05.0	rights advocates.
1:06.2	And Democrats thought that maybe this gives them a chance.
1:09.1	Democrats and align parties have raised more than $80 million since the Supreme Court
1:13.8	overturned Roe v Wade.
1:15.2	That they could capitalize on this anger over abortion rights and prevent a total blowout
1:20.0	at the polls.
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