The Trial Lawyer Winter 2022 | Page 77

OTECT ELECTIONS AND ABORTION

But the rejection of Trump Republican candidates , support for core freedoms like abortion rights , record turnouts in key states — lifted by convenient mailed-out ballots , and civil servants ’ ability to handle turnout and run an orderly process , was not what many polls and pundits were forecasting before Election Day .
Indeed , the same outlets that on Veterans Day are reporting that “ vote integrity and abortion ” shaped the midterms were , for weeks , citing polls that said 2022 ’ s voters mostly cared about the price of gas , food , and inflation . Democracy and freedom were not on the ballot , apparently , until it was discovered they were .
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