Tuesday’s voting featured a lot of big primaries, but when the dust settled the biggest news came from Kansas where citizens voted on a constitutional [amendment] to keep abortion legal in the state by a landslide, 17 points.
The measure was the first significant test of where voters stood on the issue since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June that overturned Roe v. Wade and turned abortion back to the states. And the size of the win for pro-abortion rights advocates in a conservative state surprised many.
Beyond the sheer size of the win, there are three significant takeaways from Tuesday’s Kansas news: CONTINUED
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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