'Historically, re-elections have been referendums on the incumbent president and his leadership. Democrats are hoping to transform the 2024 contest into something different — an election that revolves not around the present occupant of the White House but around the previous one, Mr. Trump, and his party's embrace of abortion bans that are out of step with a majority of voters.
Already, Democrats have launched plans to use referendums, like the one that passed in Ohio, as a way to energize their base in 2024. There are efforts underway to get such measures on the ballot in swing states including Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania. For his part, Mr. Biden's campaign released an early ad highlighting Mr. Trump's support for overturning Roe.
"Abortion is the No. 1 issue in the 2024 campaign," Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat who gave money to support both the Ohio ballot measure and the Virginia legislative contests, said in an interview on Tuesday. "If you're not talking about protecting women's reproductive rights as a Democrat, you're not doing it right."'
Already, Democrats have launched plans to use referendums, like the one that passed in Ohio, as a way to energize their base in 2024. There are efforts underway to get such measures on the ballot in swing states including Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania. For his part, Mr. Biden's campaign released an early ad highlighting Mr. Trump's support for overturning Roe.
"Abortion is the No. 1 issue in the 2024 campaign," Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, a Democrat who gave money to support both the Ohio ballot measure and the Virginia legislative contests, said in an interview on Tuesday. "If you're not talking about protecting women's reproductive rights as a Democrat, you're not doing it right."'
If this is a big issue for the Democrats, then it is also a big issue for the Republicans. However, if this is true, then the left can make the election about something other than Biden's performance in office.
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