Abortion and Investment Helped Democrats Turn the Tide in State Legislatures

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Democrats' gains were perhaps most significant in the state legislatures where they’ve been on defense for a decade. (Via 19thnews)

nationwide despite President Joe Biden winning at the top of the ticket.

But 2022 also came on the heels of a highly unpopular Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June and the efforts by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election, which played out in state capitols around the country. “They spent a lot of time in the legislatures attacking rights, promoting the Big Lie, and then picking on trans kids,” Post said of Republican lawmakers. “And so I think many of the voters said, ‘You’re not doing anything to address our day-to-day concerns.’”

“The results were delightful at the state level, but not shocking,” said Sister District co-founder Gaby Goldstein. “And I think that they really opened up an opportunity for Democrats and progressives to right the wrongs of generations past in underinvesting in state power — there’s a generational opportunity here.”This Week in Statehouse Action

 

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