Abortion rights win big in midterm elections, diminishing Republicans' hopes to drive voters to the polls on the economy and crime

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Democratic candidates who campaigned heavily on abortion were also rewarded for it.
49% : Though results are still trickling in and control of Congress remains undecided, Tuesday night's initial victories and exit polls suggest that Democrats' strategy was largely successful: abortion really mattered to voters.
48% : But that wasn't much more than those who said abortion was their top concern, at 27%.
44% : They voted against ballot measures that would have restricted abortion and voted for candidates that supported abortion rights.
43% : "But obviously, in hindsight, there needs to be a well thought out way to address [abortion] so that it's not completely ignored."
42% : He poured more than $7 million into abortion ads, slamming his Republican opponent Doug Mastriano over his support for a bill that would prohibit abortion after around six weeks of pregnancy.
37% : Fetterman repeatedly vowed to be another Democratic vote to enshrine abortion rights into federal law, and characterized Oz as an extremist on abortion.
37% : Exit polls showed that abortion was one of the most important issues nationwide.
35% : On the flip side, voters in red-leaning Kentucky rejected a proposal that would have updated the state constitution to say abortion is not protected.
35% : In Pennsylvania, particularly, abortion was the number one issue at 36%, edging out inflation at 29%, according to exit polls.
25% : In Wisconsin, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who campaigned on abortion, defeated his GOP challenger Tim Michels, who focused on crime and public safety.

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