Dems Have a Familiar Secret Weapon in 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Other Democrats say there's been an early promise of abortion continuing to hold weight in 2024 elections.
45% : But Democrats think the discharge petition is a solid way to put House Republicans, specifically those in battleground districts, on the record about abortion.
44% : But even after a year has gone by, Democrats still feel that abortion holds as much weight as it did in 2022.
43% : Abortion may have bailed Democrats out in the 2022 midterms to an extent.
41% : Politico reported this month that moderates and members from battleground districts were questioning GOP leadership's decision-making on the issue, specifically when leadership was set to put a bill on the floor that would further limit taxpayer dollars going toward abortion.
40% : When The Daily Beast interviewed the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), she was definitive that abortion would be a main driver for Democrats.
40% :"Republican extremism on abortion is going to lose them the House majority in 2024," she said last week.
38% : Both were seen as attempts to divide Democrats on the issue of abortion, in ways the GOP could arguably use in its own favor later on.
38% : But it's clear the political ramifications of more restrictions on abortion are harder on Republicans than Democrats.
37% : House Democrats say that's still salient -- and that even in states where abortion has remained relatively safe, national attempts to restrict reproductive rights can be an issue.
36% : The National Republican Congressional Committee -- the campaign arm for House Republicans -- did not respond to a request for comment on how they envision abortion playing out in battleground districts in 2024.
34% : Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, said he thinks the GOP strategy on using abortion to fire up the base could work for some of their members' re-election efforts, but not all.
25% : Even though abortion was a potent political issue in the midterm elections, Republicans haven't shied away from offering legislation to tighten access to abortion.
24% : During a recent closed-door meeting, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), an outspoken advocate for Republicans to focus on issues other than abortion, reportedly asked Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN)

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