accessing obamacare if they choose. but it did lead to a judge in that state to then block the abortion ban on, again, that same idea of maybe people couldn t just make up their own minds and their own decisions about their own personal health care choices rather than, you know, having the government go into your doctor s office. also, addresses arguments that abortion isn t protected by the state constitution, quote, i m just still hung up on abortion not being health care, the judge noted. now, this right now is a ruling that s been in a larger process, and it is something that could go up to higher courts. but according to at least this judge and this very conservative state, if you say keep the government out of your doctor s office, then that s what she s going to do no matter what decade it is or who is president. we ll be right back. that enable digital innovation and enterprise control, vmware helps you keep your cloud options open.
that said abortion isn t a kitchen table issue. simone, talk about how young voters came out. they said young voters were not going to come out. black voters were not going to come out. when you look at it, i mean, stacy abrams didn t win but set the stage. there wouldn t be an warnock if it wasn t for say brams. in 2016 across the country there have been 24 million new voters in georgia this year 2.5 million people voted early. look what happened in college towns across the country. whether we re talking about detroit, whether we re talking about in milwaukee, madison. the lines were long. there were polling places in early vote locations on the college campuses. young people showed up. in wisconsin they were up over 300%. you can t tell me young people were pag attention and they were not keyed in. i was looking. i get text from john.
and it made for a bumpy week for secretary yellen. this is one of the most jaw dropping ways for the democrats to talk about both the issue of abortion and inflation, bringing them together at the same time. it is absolutely outrageous. first of all, stacey abrams supports late term abortion, so she s saying why don t you wait on it until the ninth month and then make this kind of decision so you don t have to pay shelter and food costs for a baby. there are some women that will make a decision based on economic circumstances, but higher prices aren t helping the situation. talking about abortion isn t going to bring inflation down. the way they spin it, the way they go at it is so, i mean i think it is predictable. i think when they looked at the polling in june and things were going well for democrats, they did pick up some momentum and intensity among those people that were likely voters. we saw it in polling, abortion, overturn of roe v wade was working for them. the problem
been having the wrong person on? right? you talk about everybody that you meet is going through a fight that you know nothing about. exactly. lori s bat sustainable her brother. exactly. all these years the wrong one. a decade-long battle, yes. editor of the new york times well desk, lori lebovich, great to have you on the show. thank you. coming up, secretary pete buttigieg calls out republican governors of what he calls stumps out a solution. also ahead, why the texas attorney general was reportedly seen fleeing from his home. we ll explain that reporting from the texas tribune. and a new survey finds for 80% of women, abortion isn t just a big issue this november, it s the only issue.
actually vote, not just the polls and we ve seen some interesting trends in turnout. people were wondering would the abortion decision drive democrats to the polls. what are you seeing? so this is just going to look at primary turnout, the change 2022 from 2018. what do we see here? overall this entire primary season democrats are down 5, republicans are up 20%, but look here by the dobbs decision, since the dobbs decision democratic turnout in states that have voted the turnout is down 8%, pre june 24th it was down 3%. that s within a margin of error but does not seem like dobbs has been driving democrats to the polls in the states where abortion isn t specifically on the ballot. republican turnout still up. it does seem to be a little bit down after dobbs but pretty much all of that is in the state of tennessee. what else are you seeing in terms of enthusiasm and the like? do what we see in real world look like the polls? here, this is absolutely almost certain to vote in the m