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it is a stunning result and they re simply aren t enough democrats to make up a margin of that magnitude in a state like kansas. so some of the people who are voting no, that is not to preserve abortion that is to preserve abortion are voting republican candidates in other races. obviously the margin for those candidates is much smaller than it is for the no side which has roughly a 25% lead. that tells you that there are tons of democrats, the turnout was huge, some independents and some republicans that simply don t want these kind of draconian bands that you re seeing pop-up all over the country. i could not agree with steve moore that this is gonna have serious ramifications. as we are talking, the state of indiana is now considering a draconian ban that would ban abortion from conception with ....
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 not now hypothetical. they may wax lyrically about a future person that has yet to be born but we are looking at born people, we are looking at women who have realize in real interest in maintaining their freedom. i think i cannot express how far this axes expectations that people in the pro-choice community had. this is kansas and i think if ....
You had talked to people yesterday, they would ve said many people would be looking to see if it was close and just to say well if it s this close in kansas, look what it can be in another state. instead, it s about 25 points. that s almost unheard of. if you want to unify future americans who are supposedly divided on everything, democrats or republicans can agree on anything, over 60% of kansans agree i m pro-choice initiatives. so i think this is gonna be important for every office, for judges who are on the ballot on many states, states with court justices. i think that we are going to see a real revolution and a real uprising. i think the republicans may have expected everyone to roll over and just give up, throw up their hands because the supreme court said, there s no right to abortion so there s no right to abortion. that was the opening bell and ....
Keep politicians out of their lives. but this has got to be a wake up call for the republican party that has fought to outlaw abortion. this is coming at them hard and 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 midterm 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. cecile, just a quick follow-up. in terms of the turnout today, the reason why it is so fascinating to do a breakdown of it is because this is the first time post dobbs that abortion is actually on a ballot. political analysis, it doesn t trump what voters actually go out and do. how can other democrats, other ....
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, what do you see? 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? it is a stunning result and they re simply aren t enough democrats to make up a margin of that magnitude in a state like kansas. so some of the people who are voting no, that is not to preserve abortion that is to preserve abortion are voting republican candidates in other races. ....