Kim Shumway: There's already data on this. Abortion on the ballot increases Democratic turnout and helps elect Democrats.

Will be interesting to see if abortion ends up like minimum wage - hugely popular in referenda but barely moves the needle in elections - or if it really is a vote getter for Dems

Organizers got enough signatures to put a measure protecting abortion on the ballot in Arkansas. In *Arkansas*. They had *no national support*. Ignore the pundits melting down over not being treated as Very Special Boys. Dobbs has fundamentally changed elections. Everything they know is wrong.

Arkansas abortion rights groups collect enough signatures to advance ballot measurewww.nbcnews.com A measure to enshrine abortion rights in the ruby red state’s constitution is now one step closer to making the November ballot — but major obstacles remain.

There's already data on this. Abortion on the ballot increases Democratic turnout and helps elect Democrats.

Abortion issue is boosting Biden’s advantages in the suburbswww.nbcnews.com The state Supreme Court election in Wisconsin is only the latest example of how abortion is driving election results since the Dobbs decision.

Yep. Also minimum wage is a bad analog because almost no high profile Dem candidates want it or run on it in contested races or states where they’re at risk because none of their donors or elite supporters want it. Not the case for abortion.

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