From the moment Roe was overturned, the left turned up the outrage meter to 11, hoping people would be motivated to vote for Democrats in a midterm election everyone expects them to lose.
So far, it doesn’t look like the needle is moving.
Thomas Phippen reports at FOX News:
Will Dobbs energize Dems? Primary turnout in key blue state indicates weak response to SCOTUS’ abortion rulingIn the first elections since the Supreme Court’s consequential ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Democratic participation in the primaries in Illinois, New York and elsewhere Tuesday was lower than previous midterm cycles — and pollsters say that’s a bad sign for Democrats’ chances in November.Compared to the 2018 midterms, where Democrats swept the House in a blue wave reaction to former President Donald Trump, the 2022 primary season has seen anemic participation from Democratic voters. That didn’t change after the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Friday, which reversed 50 years of precedent recognizing a constitutional right to an abortion and returned abortion regulation to the states.”What I have seen in every state with one exception is that Democratic turnout either is noticeably down or flat, while Republican turnout in almost every state is noticeably up relative to 2018,” GOP polling consultant John Couvillon told Fox News Digital.
This is not a good omen for the left:
In Illinois, over 1.3 million people voted in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the 2018 midterm cycle. On Tuesday, 821,200 voted in the gubernatorial Democratic primaries, with an estimated 94% of the ballots counted. The difference reflects nearly 40% decline in turnout.
Over at Breitbart News, Nick Gilbertson points to a poll from Rasmussen Reports which shows the GOP lead on the generic ballot is the same as it was the week before Roe was overturned:
Poll: GOP Holds Same Generic Ballot Lead as Week Before Roe OverturnedA Raaumessen Reports poll reveals that a generic Republican candidate holds the same 5-point lead over a generic Democrat candidate as the week before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.The poll, published Friday, shows that 47 percent of respondents would cast a ballot for a Republican candidate if the midterm elections were held when they were surveyed. Conversely, 42 percent of those surveyed would back a Democrat.The five-point differential is the same as a generic Congressional ballot poll released by Rasmussen Reports, the week before Roe was overturned, where 46 percent said they would support a Republican Congressional candidate, while a generic Democrat candidate drew 41 percent of the vote.
Even if Democrats manage to shift the needle a little bit before November, the number of seats Republicans need to retake the House is so small that Democrats are unlikely to avert a loss.
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