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Trump quiet as Democrats pull off surprise boost: Politics Weekly America midterms special

Politics Weekly America

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The Dobbs Decision and the Midterm Election

Republicans should have won by the laws of normal political gravity, because it's a midterm election and the incumbent party normally loses. A lot of that I will attribute to the fact that although he was not on the ballot, Donald Trump was very much front and center in the minds of voters. And we cannot understate the absolute earthquake, political earthquake that the Dobbs decision created in this country. That would never in the history of America has a right been taken away. It mobilized younger voters, Gen Z voters, and women across the political spectrum.

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