Early summer messaging on social media and in churches has consistently urged a yes vote on the August amendment “to protect life” — and that's just one example of the loaded messages confronting voters during the campaign.
this fall. However, they insisted it had nothing to do with thwarting that measure.
While the ad is based in fears that the U.S. Supreme Court could limit rights to at-home contraception and Issue 1 would make it harder to enshrine those in Ohio’s state constitution, “the direct, immediate issue is abortion,” said Susan Burgess, a political science professor at Ohio University.The divergent abortion communications around Issue 1 reflects a big problem Republicans in Ohio must confront: holding an increasingly diverse voting bloc together, Burgess said.
“When we go up on TV, is the ad going to be on abortion? Probably not,” he told host Bob Frantz on “Always Right Radio.” But, Baer said, when talking to conservative audiences, “we’re hitting the life issue hard because it really exemplifies why you have to be fired up and go vote.” Mark Caleb Smith, a political science professor at southwest Ohio’s Cedarville University, said abortion is emotionally charged and easy to understand — and can therefore engage Ohioans to donate, volunteer and vote when they otherwise wouldn’t bother with an off-season election about something as esoteric as how to amend the state’s constitution.
Argentina Últimas Noticias, Argentina Titulares
Similar News:También puedes leer noticias similares a ésta que hemos recopilado de otras fuentes de noticias.
Early votes cast in Ohio August election are blowing expectations out of the waterThrough seven days of early voting more than 116,000 Ohioans have shown up at their local board to cast a ballot for Ohio's Aug. 8 special election.
Leer más »
Early Votes Cast in Ohio August Election Are Blowing Expectations Out of the WaterAs Ohioans decide on Issue 1, there's been a five-fold increase in early voters and absentee ballots cast compared to the last August election
Leer más »
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Ohio Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot InitiativeA majority of Ohioans support expanding abortion rights, and a voter-led initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution is likely to pass.
Leer más »
Ohio abortion rights amendment garners support from nearly three-fifths of voters: PollThe majority of Ohio voters expressed support for a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee abortion access, according to a new survey.
Leer más »
Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative. Backers said it wasn't about thatThe fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering
Leer más »
Abortion messaging roils debate over Ohio ballot initiative. Backers said it wasn't about thatThe fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering.
Leer más »