The 2022 midterm elections — and what the data really says

By Sarah K. Burris WASHINGTON, D.C. — MSNBC's a shift he was seeing in the electorate heading into November after the Aug. 23 primary and special elections in New York, when passionately pro-choice Democrat Pat Ryan trounced his opponent. Until very recently, the only real data that could illustrate the impact of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision was a Kansas ballot measure that would amend the state's constitution to make it easy to ban abortion outright in the state. On August 2, 2022, voters resoundingly rejected this amendment. Weeks later, data is now starting to roll in showing two majo…

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