Sewell: Ohio could now be a bellwether on abortion | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : And the closer we got to Aug. 8, the list grew to include protecting gun ownership and parental rights and fighting drag queens and secret gender-changing surgery for children.
48% : While Republican Donald Trump's 2020 victory in the state, his second, contradicted Ohio's traditional bellwether status that NBC's Russert was referring to on Election Night 2004 ahead of Republican George W. Bush's victory here and nationally, the state could now be a bellwether on abortion.
42% : After earlier deciding August elections were an expensive waste because of low summer turnout, they then realized that could be to their benefit in trying to defeat abortion.
41% : Although Ohio has been getting redder, polls indicate that a majority of its voters support women's access to abortion.
40% : Despite all the claims that Issue 1 was just meant to "protect our constitution," that disguise was finally dropped in recent weeks to acknowledge it was about stopping abortion.
39% : After the failure of Issue 1, the Nov. 7 election will directly test voter sentiment about abortion and also be the focus of national attention with Ohio being the only state with abortion on the ballot.

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