Democrats' Obsession with Abortion Failed to Deliver Harris Victory

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Abortion was second, and immigration was third.
48% : Trump was projected to win Nevada early Wednesday morning, but voters also passed an amendment (which will be voted on again in 2026 before it is added to the constitution) to enshrine the right to abortion into its constitution.
37% : Abortion was a much more potent issue for female voters, with approximately 20 percent of women listing it as their top issue compared to 8 percent of men, NBC News' exit poll finds.
34% : NBC News exit polls reveal 53 percent of voters favor Trump to handle immigration while a minority 46 percent of voters say they prefer Harris on immigration.
33% : "In a swath of states, including Arizona, Florida, Missouri, and Montana, a majority of voters backed both abortion-rights ballot measures and GOP candidates with records of opposing abortion, including Trump."
29% : Trump notably led for the third time with white women, in spite of Harris's grand abortion appeal.
20% : Trump is all but guaranteed to oversee a further rollback in reproductive rights, and the president-elect has also openly flirted with a federal ban on abortion," left-leaning The New Republic assessed:
16% : Exit polls from various outlets show that voters are most concerned about immigration and the economy and also trust Trump to handle those issues more than Harris.
16% : Abortion in exit polls was typically listed as the third most important issue to voters, with voters trusting Harris to handle the issue more than Trump.
11% : To be sure, there is a notable age split here: Gen Z women only went 36 percent for Trump, women aged 30 to 44 went 41 percent for Trump, women aged 45 to 64 went 48 percent for Trump, and women over 65 backed the former president 45 percent.

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