Why Kansas Voted To Keep Its Right To Abortion

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🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The crew discusses why the Kansas amendment that would have ended state constitutional rights to abortion failed by such a wide margin. They also consider whether abortion as an issue will motivate voters in other elections this fall and look at the primary winners in Arizona, Missouri, Michigan and Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Arizona, like, maybe get your f***ing get together.
0:03.0	If you're gonna be such an important swing state,
0:06.2	maybe figure out how to count your votes faster.
0:08.7	Better than Nevada.
0:10.1	Nevada.
0:11.8	People get mad at me.
0:12.8	I'm not cut up pronouncing many things,
0:14.7	but it's Nevada.
0:16.6	I don't know.
0:17.4	You're not running for public office.
0:19.0	I think you can say Nevada how you want.
0:21.4	You know.
0:22.3	Yeah.
0:23.1	Reply guys will reply guy.
0:24.6	Hello and welcome to this primary reaction edition
0:35.5	of the 538 Politics Podcast.
0:37.7	I'm Gail and Drew.
0:39.1	It was a big night in many ways,
0:40.7	and we're gonna try to unpack it all.
0:42.6	Voters in Kansas rejected a constitutional amendment
0:45.9	that would have ended state constitutional rights
0:48.4	to abortion, 59% to 41%.
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