David Brooks: 'Democrats were counting on abortion rights to be a big issue, gaining them broad support among female voters. It doesn’t seem to be working.'
Supporters at Donald Trump’s rally in Mesa, Ariz. on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Midterms are usually hard for the president’s party, and this one was bound to be doubly hard because of global inflation, writes David Brooks.Democrats had a golden summer. The Dobbs decision led to a surge of voter registrations. Voters handed Democrats a string of sweet victories in unlikely places — Alaska and Kansas, and good news in upstate New York.
If Republicans are competitive in places like that, we’re probably looking at a red-wave election that will enable them to easily take back the House and maybe the Senate. I take a more medium to maximalist view. I’d say recent events have exposed some serious weaknesses in the party’s political approach:In a recent AP-NORC poll, voters trust Republicans to do a better job handling the economy, by 39% to 29%. Over the past two years, Democrats have tried to build a compelling economic platform by making massive federal investments in technology, infrastructure and child welfare. But those policies do not seem to be moving voters.
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