Kansas abortion vote shows limits of GOP’s strength

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Last week, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed state lawmakers to tighten restrictions on abortion.

An Associated Press analysis of the voting results found high turnout among Democratic and independent voters contributed to that result.

But even in traditionally conservative Kansas a state Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2020’s presidential election support for the abortion measure was lower in every single county than support for the former president had been two years ago.

In other states, abortion-rights supporters and opponents alike are using the Kansas vote to drive their followers to the polls.