Politico Playbook has an item on whether the Dobbs effect is fading. It notes that the improved Democratic standing during the summer wasn’t entirely because of Dobbs to begin with:

What clouds the picture is that the much-discussed improvement for Democrats since the Dobbs decision also coincided with a 99-day drop in gas prices. Now, gas prices are rising and, despite a good jobs report on Friday, the news is filled with gloomy headlines about the economy. “Confidence slumps around the globe as cost of living crisis bites,” said the FT over the weekend. “Fed’s Inflation Fight Has Some Economists Fearing an Unnecessarily Deep Downturn,” reads a gloomy headline in the WSJ. “The job market is still strong, but the long-expected slowdown has begun,” notes the NYT this morning. …

Dobbs definitely has had a more long-lasting political effect than I would have expected, but it’s still hard to see it overwhelming the top-of-mind economic issues in November.