Abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30 since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, according to results released Friday of a survey of female voters by KFF.
About 2 in 5 in the group of young voters said abortion was their top concern in the recent survey, compared with 1 in 5 who ranked it most important in the same survey in the spring.
In the earlier edition, inflation was the top concern for younger voters, as it was for women voters of all ages. Inflation remained the top concern for women in each age group over 30 and women overall. Women overall ranked abortion as their No. 3 concern, after inflation and threats to democracy, but ahead of immigration.
Well, that’s good. We’re still in great danger of things turning out badly, but here’s a glimmer of hope.
I hope those women know how important it is to vote. I won’t be surprised if they don’t as a whole… Young people are often bad at turning out for elections.
Old people seem to never miss them, and they aren’t the ones that inherit the consequences of these elections. This us a big reason why everything is so fucked up here.
I stand by my idea to subtract 18 years from the national life expectancy and disenfranchise voters at that age. Might even get us some legislation to provide healthcare to move that number higher to preserve the right to vote longer.