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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "I think the Democrats want to make those the biggest issues, because honestly, I think they've failed on the economy, inflation, border, support for law enforcement and Israel," said Bashaw, who added that social issues are not emerging as a voter priority in polling.
43% : And now that Trump is seeking a return to the White House after a four-year exile, Democrats are harnessing the anger of women voters into what they believe will be an enormous advantage in November.
40% : Yet it also sounds as if Bashaw is "working out" a complicated political position amid a post-Dobbs backlash that has left the Republican Party -- including Trump -- scrambling in retreat in the face of voter anger, especially among women.
37% : But it also stirred a backlash among women voters furious to have seen what many viewed as a fundamental right stripped away by a court largely shaped by appointees of Trump.
37% : "Abortion is a tough issue, because there's potentially two lives involved, and it's been something we fought over, and I don't think that our judges should be legislating from the bench.

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