republicans who are out of touch. all those national lawmakers who ve been passing these bands, and the governors who ve who have been signing it, they are completely out of touch with the people in their state. those people, many of them are going to be on the ballot as well and democrats are certainly going to point out that state lawmakers, governors, all sorts of people up and down the ballot have been promising to enforce these draconian laws. we have prosecutors, the attorney general of indiana who s going to go after a doctor who performed an abortion for a ten year old rape victim. all of these people are going to be accountable. they will face the voters, and this is real, this is not now hypothetical. they may wax lyrically about a future person that is yet to be born but we are looking at borne people, we are looking at
our elections mark finchem is a danger to the state of arizona. he is a state danger to our country. he if he is secretary of state, he will put partisan politics over the constitution here in arizona. that is crucial especially with the battleground state. in terms of the harm for voters in your states. secretary of state is in a position i think of the month almost every voters and everyday people in your state before 2020 but now i think people understand that that is someone standing in the void protecting democracy. does it matter? i m so sorry we re gonna have to leave it there because we have steve kornacki with some breaking news on election results. so retinol bolding, thank you so much. steve, what do you got? we have a call and kansas. nbc news now projecting that in the referendum to amend the state constitution to remove they right to abortion. no is going to win in kansas
pregnancy or politicians, overwhelmingly people will vote in favor of people who are pregnant. we saw this in south dakota, colorado, mississippi, and so it doesn t surprise me in some ways that the people of kansas have voted overwhelmingly to support the right of people to make their own decisions and keep politicians out of their lives. but this is should be a wake up call for the republican party that has fought to outlaw abortion. this is coming at them fast. these elections in november, i expect this is going to energize our voters. this is going to energize people who do not vote in the german actions. that would be the biggest wipeout for this what we are seeing tonight in kansas, people were not expecting to vote, came out in droves. i expect they re gonna be back for the midterm elections. seal, just a quick follow-up. in terms of the turnout today, the reason why it is so
to be galvanized especially in places like johnson county. now whether the second part of the democratic argument, that it attaches itself to a democratic candidate in november makes a difference in the midterm election, that s a huge question, and that s something we ll find out in the next 98 days. but this result here, again we ll go back statewide to see where it sits here, 80% in here, i think this will have tremendous repercussions nationally, both in the midterm this year and in terms of the politics of abortion as we move forward. thank you so much steve kornacki for that helpful breakdown. to talk more about those repercussions potentially, a columnist for washington post, also an msnbc columnist. jennifer, woody she. do you think it s republicans coming out to express when it comes to the question that was on the ballot today about abortion in the state of kansas, do you think that they are coming out to vote in support of abortion rights?
had a negative reaction to trump tends to be more moderate, and social and cultural issues. this is a place where the democrats said the supreme court ruling on abortion is gonna take voters to a place like this it s going to activate them and energize them. democrats say it s going to eventually bring them out to vote democratic in november. this is around reform and random on abortion, not a democratic, republican race per se, we are seeing these early numbers, the kind of energy that democrats were predicting the supreme court ruling would set off. and if that energy is visible in other counties like johnson across the country, big suburban counties, places like the suburbs of philadelphia, the suburbs of atlanta, suburbs and states in phoenix that a crucial elections this november. if that can attach itself to the democrats this november, that s what democrats have been saying the supreme court ruling would do. we are certainly seeing in these numbers that the voting