These counties swung for Trump—and abortion rights
The election results in Florida and Nevada affirm that voters do not see their support of abortion rights at odds with their support of Donald Trump, who has bragged about overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Jasmine Mithani and Shefali Luthra, The 19th
People across the country cast votes to restore abortion access while also siding with President-elect Donald Trump at the top of the ticket. In the first presidential election since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many counties across the country saw a significant red shift this year. Nearly every demographic was more supportive of Trump than in 2020, despite widespread support for reproductive rights and Vice President Kamala Harris centering the issue in her campaign.
Abortion ballot measures succeeded in 7 of the 10 states that had one this November. Examining the results of those initiatives in several states where Trump won shows that Democrats were not able to convince large swaths of the electorate that protecting abortion rights rested on electing Harris.