{"id":2236042,"date":"2024-05-02T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T02:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-abortion-the-key-to-winning-arizona-for-biden-harris-ticket\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T22:12:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T02:12:46","slug":"is-abortion-the-key-to-winning-arizona-for-biden-harris-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-abortion-the-key-to-winning-arizona-for-biden-harris-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Can abortion sway Arizona in favor of Biden-Harris?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-abortion-the-key-to-winning-arizona-for-biden-harris-ticket%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2236042&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris responded swiftly\u2064 to an 1864 abortion law\u200b in Arizona by\u2062 visiting the \u2064state to address\u2064 the issue. Her strong\u2062 stance, contrasting Trump&#8217;s more tempered approach, has Democrats hopeful of winning Arizona \u200cin the upcoming election. The\u200c abortion \u200ddebate\u200d has the potential to sway voters,\u2064 especially women, in\u200d this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a>. Vice President\u200b Kamala Harris took quick action against Arizona&#8217;s \u200b1864\u200d abortion law, visiting the state to \u2062tackle the issue head-on. Contrasting Trump&#8217;s \u2062approach, her firm \u200bstance\u2064 has given Democrats optimism for winning Arizona in the next election. \u200cThe abortion discourse \u2062could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-iowa-town-hall-haley-calls-for-gop-to-move-past-trump-and-boasts-leads-over-biden\/\" title=\"Haley urges GOP to move on from Trump, touts lead over Biden at CNN Iowa town hall\">significantly influence voters<\/a>, particularly women, in this crucial swing state.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One hour after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidents-brother-frank-biden-responds-to-leaked-nude-selfie\/\" title=\"Frank Biden, President's brother, addresses alleged nude selfie leak.\">news began circulating<\/a> that an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abortion\">abortion<\/a> law written in 1864 would take effect in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Arizona\">Arizona<\/a>, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abortion\">Kamala Harris<\/a> announced she was traveling to the state to make a speech.<\/p>\n<p>She had visited Phoenix just one month prior to talk about the threat of abortion bans, and Harris went to the Grand Canyon State again three days after the ruling. This time in Tucson, for an appearance focused on the same topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis fight is about freedom,\u201d Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2964855\/harris-casts-blame-for-arizona-abortion-ban-trump-did-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. \u201cAnd the freedom that is fundamental to the promise of America. \u2026 That includes the freedom to make decisions about one\u2019s own body and not have the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-casts-blame-for-arizona-abortion-ban-trump-did-this\/\" title=\"Harris attributes Arizona abortion ban to Trump\">government telling people<\/a> what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about abortion during a Biden\/Harris campaign event at El Rio Neighborhood Center in Tucson, Ariz., Friday, April 12, 2024. (Grace Trejo\/Arizona Daily Star via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFormer President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> did this,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has worked to distance himself from the ruling, calling for the law to be overturned in a typically caps-filled social media post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Governor and the Arizona Legislature must use HEART, COMMON SENSE, and ACT IMMEDIATELY, to remedy what has happened,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/112259523897710004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social. \u201cRemember, it is now up to the States and the Good Will of those that represent THE PEOPLE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Harris\u2019s aggressive messaging, as well as Trump\u2019s middle-of-the-road approach,\u00a0has Democrats hoping they can win Arizona in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Trump holds a healthy 5-point lead in the state, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"per\">per<\/a> the <em>RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average, and the Cook Partisan Voting Index still rates it as an R+2 state.<\/p>\n<p>But Arizona, like other Sun Belt states such as Nevada, Georgia, and North Carolina, has shifted in the throes of Trump\u2019s GOP takeover.<\/p>\n<p>It was once solidly red, voting for every Republican presidential candidate between 1952 and 2016 except President Bill Clinton\u2019s narrow 1996 win. Arizona even produced two GOP presidential nominees in the form of Sens. Barry Goldwater (1964) and John McCain (2008).<\/p>\n<p>But things have been different since the MAGA movement got in full swing. Kyrsten Sinema won an Arizona Senate seat as a Democrat in 2018. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> won the state two years later in the same election that saw Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) take McCain\u2019s old Senate seat. In 2022, Democrats took the governor\u2019s office with Katie Hobbs\u2019s (D-AZ) defeat of MAGA firebrand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kari-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kari Lake\">Kari Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, both Trump and Lake, who is running for Senate, are hoping to avenge losses with a messaging game focused on inflation, immigration, and the high cost of housing. Democrats think the matter of abortion can sink both of them.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was joined aboard Air Force Two for her Tucson trip by Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who promised that abortion would be a big part of his Senate campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump did this,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2964855\/harris-casts-blame-for-arizona-abortion-ban-trump-did-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> reporters on the plane. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be having this issue at all if he didn\u2019t appoint those three judges that ended up overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. And you have Kari Lake, who was a cheerleader for this territorial law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The territorial law bans all abortions with exceptions in cases in which the mother faces immediate life-threatening conditions. And it mandates a prison sentence of between two and five years for a healthcare provider performing the procedure unlawfully.<\/p>\n<p>Not only can the matter motivate abortion-rights voters on its own, but a ballot initiative that would specifically enshrine abortion rights in the Arizona Constitution could supercharge turnout from people who rate the matter highly.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad Bannon sees it as a winning scenario for his party. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy reading of the polls is that this race is between men and women,\u201d Bannon said. \u201cWomen overwhelmingly support Biden, while men overwhelmingly support Trump. I think this will be a big part of the Biden strategy to maximize turnout among women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has made that case himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump and the MAGA crowd don\u2019t have a clue about the power of women in America,\u201d Biden said during a campaign speech on April 8. \u201cBut they\u2019re about to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An April 24 Biden campaign speech in Florida included the word \u201cwomen\u201d 26 separate times.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also isn\u2019t doing himself any favors by trying to stand in the middle on the matter, longtime Arizona Republican consultant Chuck Coughlin argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are single-issue voters within the conservative right-to-life movement who will skip him now,\u201d Coughlin said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a problem for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The middle ground, he added, will lead to Trump getting hit by traffic from both directions. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the makeup of the Arizona electorate seems to favor a generic Republican candidate. Six of its nine House members are Republicans, and Trump has won it before, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by nearly 100,000 votes in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>John Gillette, a Republican state representative, said it\u2019s the other topics that will push Trump over the top in 2024. Still-high inflation, illegal immigration, and the rising cost of housing and mortgages will outweigh abortion in the minds of most voters, he argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the typical Left talking points,\u201d Gillette said of Harris\u2019s Tucson speech. \u201cAbortion is the only item they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Trump, Gillette argued that Democrats are the extremists when it comes to the matter, saying they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-health-secretary-nominee-on-opposing-ban-on-late-term-abortion-we-can-find-some-common-ground\/\" title=\"Biden Health Secretary Nominee On Opposing Ban On Late-Term Abortion: \u2018We Can Find Some Common Ground\u2019\">support allowing abortion<\/a> for any reason at any time within a pregnancy, a position he thinks is out of touch with where most voters are.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But he acknowledged that turnout would be crucial to the results in Arizona, saying that whichever party gets their people to the polls will emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s going to determine this election is turnout,\u201d he said. \u201cI know everybody is tired of hearing that, but turnout is what\u2019s going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just an hour after reports surfaced about an 1864 abortion law in Arizona, Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly planned a visit to address the issue. Harris, who had recently been in Phoenix addressing abortion ban concerns, headed to the Grand Canyon State for a crucial speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2236043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP20282856340417-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP20282856340417-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}