Democrats are not counting on gratitude to save their majorities in the House and Senate. The more important pillars of the Democratic strategy rest on an abidingly dependable emotion: fear. This means fear of Donald Trump and fear of Republican efforts to outlaw abortion.
The Trump hype is getting old, and it didn’t save Terry McAuliffe and his fellow Democrats in Virginia’s elections last year. Congressional Democrats have tried to put Trump back in the headlines, but to run against Trump in 2022 is still like running against George W. Bush in 2010.
This leaves a Dobbs backlash as the highest hope for Democrats this November. Will college-educated women turn out in record numbers to save the party that couldn’t save Roe? The early evidence is not very compelling.
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