'Voters just didn't care': The abortion-rights movement grapples with Trump's return

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : They did, but the voters just didn't care."Asked about their plans to counter the legislative, legal and regulatory blitz the anti-abortion movement is planning to launch when Trump takes office, abortion-rights groups gave few specifics other than a pledge to play a watchdog role and highlight how Republicans' behavior in office aligns -- or doesn't -- with their campaign trail promises.
42% : "We started seeing some troubling indicators that in some of these states, the ballot measures were almost creating a permission structure for some folks who were die-hard Republicans but movable on abortion to vote for the ballot measure and then justify voting for Trump," said Mini Timmaraju, the president of Reproductive Freedom for All.
35% : As the magnitude of Democrats' defeat becomes clear, abortion-rights leaders and candidates who made the issue central to their campaigns are struggling to understand how millions of people could have voted for ballot initiatives restoring or expanding access to the procedure while also voting for Trump and other Republicans with a history of curtailing those rights.
28% : Despite Democrats and abortion-rights groups' constant campaign trail warnings that Republicans would pursue a national ban if elected, an October poll by Data for Progress found that a majority of voters believed Trump prefers leaving abortion to states.
25% : "Many organizations did attempt to convince voters that ballot initiatives would prove flimsy if Trump or a GOP Congress pursued federal abortion restrictions.

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