2024 Elections: Clues on Abortion's Dominance Revealed on Tuesday

Abortion has become a central issue in the 2024 elections, with several consequential races on Tuesday serving as tests of its political potency. Democrats in Kentucky are using the state's near-total ban on abortions to attack their Republican opponents, while Ohio has a ballot question to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Virginia's Republican governor is trying to cast Democrats as "extreme" on the issue, while Democrats are leveraging abortion race by race in conservative states. The outcome of these races will offer clues about how abortion will shape the political landscape in the upcoming presidential and congressional elections.