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In late September, Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of Kentucky, released one of the most powerful and effective adverts seen in US politics this year.<\/p>\n

In it Hadley Duvall, a young woman, recalled being raped by her stepfather at age 12, and blasted Republican candidate Daniel Cameron for pushing a strict abortion ban. \u201cWomen and girls need options,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, Beshear won re-election over Cameron in one of the most conservative states in America, as Democrats notched up victories in state and local elections that buoyed their hopes ahead of the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n

The Democratic wins had a common thread: the continuing revolt of most American voters to the Supreme Court ruling, Dobbs vs Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization, that struck down the constitutional right to abortion that had existed for half a century. <\/p>\n

While the court\u2019s conservative justices handed down the decision in June 2022, it has continued to drive voters to the polls in support of Democrats, from last year\u2019s midterms to Tuesday night\u2019s contests. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing now is this post-Dobbs backlash,\u201d said Jessica Taylor, an analyst at the non-partisan Cook Political Report. \u201cAnd Republicans have clearly not come up with an effective message on this.\u201d <\/p>\n

For President Joe Biden and the Democrats, the off-year election results offered relief and reassurance following a series of dispiriting polls, including one showing him falling behind former president Donald Trump in several critical battleground states. <\/p>\n

\u201cVoters vote. Polls don\u2019t,\u201d Biden campaign officials have said repeatedly since Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Outside the White House on Wednesday, vice-president Kamala Harris said: \u201cThe voters said, \u2018look, the government should not be telling a woman what to do with her body\u2019. It was a good night for democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Beyond Kentucky, voters in Ohio \u2014 another conservative state won by Trump in the past two presidential elections \u2014 overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to protect abortion rights. <\/p>\n

Abortion was also the critical factor that helped Democrats in Virginia secure majorities in both chambers of its legislature. It was a blow to Glenn Youngkin, the Republican governor who campaigned heavily on a proposed abortion ban starting at 15 weeks of gestation, thinking that voters would consider it a compromise position. <\/p>\n

While some donors had been pushing Youngkin to make a late entry into the party\u2019s presidential primary before Tuesday, he conceded he was not \u201cgoing anywhere\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoungkin thought [the 15-week abortion ban] was going to score points for Republicans and create a pathway for him to run for president by being the first one to crack the code for Republicans,\u201d said Mini Timmaraju, president of Reproductive Freedom for All, an abortion rights group. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat it ended up doing was catalysing for Democrats a very clear position to run against\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. voters didn\u2019t fall for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other top Republican lawmakers were contending with the fallout.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor pro lifers, last night was a gut punch. No sugar coating it. Giving up on the unborn is not an option. It\u2019s politically dumb and morally repugnant. Instead, we need to understand why we lost this battle so we can win the war,\u201d JD Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio, posted on X, formerly Twitter, the day after the vote. <\/p>\n

Dan Meuser, a Pennsylvania Republican, told reporters on Thursday that Youngkin should have focused more on other issues, from inflation to education and debt, and that the party needed to prioritise the promoting of a \u201cculture of life\u201d rather than national restrictions. <\/p>\n

The Republican presidential candidates have also been split on abortion \u2014 a rift that was apparent in a debate on Wednesday night in Florida. <\/p>\n

Tim Scott, the South Carolina senator, courted evangelical Christians by vowing to press ahead with a national ban. But Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the UN, said it was not realistic, casting a more moderate position. \u201cYou have to be honest with the American people,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Will Hurd, a former Texas Republican congressman and Haley supporter, told the Financial Times that abortion was \u201cgoing to be an issue\u201d in 2024 and Haley could \u201cbe pro-life but also talk to other folks\u201d. Hurd, who dropped out of the presidential race himself last month, added: \u201cIf we don\u2019t get this right, then we\u2019ll continue to see losses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has tried to cast himself as a less aggressive proponent of abortion restrictions but Democrats say there is no escaping the fact that his three Supreme Court appointments \u2014 Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett \u2014 were crucial in creating the majority responsible for Dobbs. <\/p>\n

The Biden campaign has also been quick to point out that Trump has openly taken credit for nominating the justices that delivered the Dobbs ruling, once said that some \u201cform of punishment\u201d was needed for women who had abortions, and that the federal government had a role to play in \u201cprotecting unborn life\u201d. <\/p>\n

Democrats have seen that pivotal constituencies that support them, particularly women and black voters, have been motivated to vote for candidates on abortion. <\/p>\n

But relying on abortion to continue motivating them will be a big step, given the range of other issues, from the economy to foreign policy. <\/p>\n

\u201cWomen don\u2019t want to give up reproductive rights,\u201d said Virginia Democrat Senator Tim Kaine. \u201cNobody wants to go backward.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a number of states, including Arizona, Nevada and Florida, ballots next year may include specific questions on abortion rights. That could bolster turnout in Democrats\u2019 favour \u2014 although it will still require big mobilisation and resources to get out the vote. <\/p>\n

\u201cAmerican voters know that Donald Trump and the Republican party overturned Roe vs. Wade,\u201d said Timmaraju, referring to the legal precedent protecting abortion rights prior to 2022. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey took credit for it, they wrapped themselves around in it, they\u2019re proud of it. Our job is to make sure [voters] remember it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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