Top headline: Politico, 11/3/2023
Election results: New York Times
Bottom headline: The Hill, 11/7/2023
Virginia’s off-year elections are often seen as the best bellwether ahead of the following year’s federal elections. And that’s for good reason: Both parties are testing out messages that we will almost assuredly see on a much grander scale next year.
For Democrats, it has been another campaign focused on abortion rights. Democratic television ads mentioned abortion about 2.5 times more frequently than the party’s second most talked about issue, education, according to data from the advertising tracking firm AdImpact.
The big difference this time is that Republicans are punching back — rather than ignoring — the issue that sank them during the midterms. Youngkin’s political operation has spearheaded a push for Republicans in the state to rally around a 15-week ban, with exemptions for rape and incest, launching a seven-figure ad campaign promoting it and calling Democrats the real extremists. Democrats shoot back that the 15-week proposal — which is more strict than the state’s current law — is really a Trojan horse for even harsher limits down the road.You might want to have a bag handy if you decide to read the rest of this puff piece.
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