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constitution. politico reports this on the fallout of the referendum, quote, turnout soared in canas despite advisory and little else to draw democrats to the polls yet in a state where trump beat president joe biden by 15 percentage points in 2020, the amendment was failing badly in a brushback to republican legislators who are preparing to move legislation s stricting abortion, and if the politics of roe proved fruitful for republicans in kansas, it will be even more treacherous for the gop and swing more moderate swaths of the country and here s how abortion rights advocates pulled it off according to the new york times, quote, registered republicans far outnumber democrats in kansas and they made explicit appeals to unaffiliated voters and center right voters. in interviews last week in johnson county, texas, a number of voters said they were registered republicans and opposed the amendment, a dynamic that certainly played out across the state given the margin. th ....
Write the post-book for democrats. should they protect or expand abortion rights? what s your thought there? i think the short-term goal has to be elect pro-choice democrats, people that you know people who you know will protect your constitutional rights and i think it s a strong argument that democrats have going forward to make an appeal both to centrists, but also to independent voters, to those swing republican voters and keep in mind, they re not going to need to win these districts and states by 18% and they can win with 5% and 2% in some of these races and that may be the difference maker on abortion rights and so i think it s a good time for democrats to be thinking strategically about lou to convey the argument. alexy parker, donna edwards, ....
The state given the margin. the result which came as a big surprise to everyone has energized democrats and here s what president biden said today on executive order on abortion access. the decisive victory, voters made it clear that politicians should not interfere with the fundamental rights of women and the voters of kansas sent a powerful signal that this fall the american people would vote to preserve, protect the right and refuse to let them be ripped away by politicians. joining our coverage ashley parker, washington post senior national political correspondent and an msnbc political analyst and with us axios political reporter and also an msnbc contributor and former congresswoman and friend donna edwards, democrat from the great state of maryland. alexy, let s begin with you. nbc news was in the room last night as the no camp was celebrating. here s just some of what people were saying. ....
On abortion, but they also have a position on inflation and on the size and scope of government, on the second amendment, and so i do think it will be interesting to see just how much this translates to actual candidates where roe and abortion rights that is part of the platform, but not necessarily the entire platform. so, alexy, steve kornacki of the big board fame has some remarkable stats on how abortion rights supporters pulled it off. the numbers of no voters is almost 90,000 more than the number of democrats and independent voters in the primary which means that nearly 20% of no voters were, guess who? republicans. so we re looking at a bipartisan coalition of voters who came together who came out against this measure, aren t we? yeah. that s exactly right and it goes out to what the congresswoman and ashley were saying that it cuts across lines and socioeconomic status and abortion is something that affects everyone and you ve had one yourself and it s very tangible, unlike ....