which is usually getting no money, and they didn t get any this cycle from the dnc, even though that they got money elsewhere. they don t get it from the dnc, but they raise their own funds, they were facing headwinds, in colorado, maine, vermont, you name it. they held the line, and that s in a testament to the laser focus of her team on the state side. and just to that point in michigan specifically, there is a ballot measure on abortion, which was to in shrine abortion rights in the state constitution while democrats reign the table in michigan, that abortion measure also went in a landslide, 14 points. we also need to note and understand at the big picture of what is happening after 2010, republican set their sights on state legislatures. they focused on down ballot races, and understand that states are the laboratories of democracy. we are finally at the point where democrats equally understand that message, and they re really cover stories about wisconsin being a super majori
we should also say and just to that point in michigan specifically, there was a ballot measure on abortion , which was to in shrine abortion rights in the state constitution while democrats reign the table in michigan, that abortion measure also went in a landslide, 14 points. we also need to note and understand the big picture of what is happening after 2010 , republican set their sights on state legislatures. they focused on down ballot races, becaue they understand that states are the laboratories of democracy. we are finally at the point where democrats equally understand that message, and the new york times is writing cover stories about wisconsin being a super majority in the state legislature. we are now all very awoke to this. voters understand it in a way that they have to. i think it s talked about the mission media, and at some point democratic party operative has to come up and figure out what you have to do more than just talk about it. you have to put money,
on the issue of abortion, and the democratic governors association will tell you that they spend over $20 million on abortion this cycle, which made a difference. i also think that we have to make some democratic legislative campaign committee, which is usually getting no money, and they didn t get any this cycle from the dnc, even though that they got money elsewhere. they don t get it from the dnc, but they raised their own funds, they were facing headwinds, in colorado, maine, vermont, you name it. they held the line, and that is a testament to the laser focus of her team on the state side. we should also say and just to that point in michigan specifically, there was a ballot measure on abortion, which was to in shrine abortion rights in the state constitution while democrats reign the table in michigan, that abortion measure also went in a landslide, 14 points. we also need to note and understand the big picture of what is happening after 2010, republican set their sights on st
voted against that abortion measure. that s a state trump won by about 15 points just two years ago. 18 of the counties voted against this. biden only won five counties in 2020. i think it challenges the conventional political thinking and what people have been saying, how it will affect the midterms, what it s going to look like. the thing to watch for the next few months is how other states try to copy this playbook, how activists are trying to mirror what they did in kansas. i was going to say just before you jump in, the turnout is also part of the story here, too. i mean take a look at this. we have numbers from this kansas referendum that looks like it approaches presidential election numbers or midterm election numbers where you have a competitive primary situation going on or competitive races going on. that alone tells you a huge part of the story. people were very
republic. jeff zeleny starts our coverage from overland park, kansas, with more on how the late of the primary results could have national implications come november. reporter: a surge of kansas voters sending an overwhelming message to project ab boorgs rights. it was the biggest sign yesterday of the backlash to the supreme court s decision to send the question of abortion back to the states. here in conservative khan sarks voters delivered their answer loud and clear. the abortion measure drew historic turnout for an august election, with more than 900,000 voters casting ballots, dramatically outpacing primaries in 2018 and 2020. you cannot take people s rights away and expect there not to be some kind of engagement, some kind of activism, and we saw that. we saw that yesterday in a way that i don t think anybody expected. reporter: it was a question of whether voters wanted to amend the kansas constitution to