Abortion has passed inflation to become the top issue in the presidential election for women younger than 30 since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, according to results released Friday of a survey of female voters by KFF.

About 2 in 5 in the group of young voters said abortion was their top concern in the recent survey, compared with 1 in 5 who ranked it most important in the same survey in the spring.

In the earlier edition, inflation was the top concern for younger voters, as it was for women voters of all ages. Inflation remained the top concern for women in each age group over 30 and women overall. Women overall ranked abortion as their No. 3 concern, after inflation and threats to democracy, but ahead of immigration.

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    4 days ago

    Inflation has fucked all of us without personal reserves of wealth… Despite this, abortion is absolutely the #1 issue. It just goes to show how fucked up this country has become under Trump.

    In case anyone is confused, abortion was made illegal in many states 100% because of Trump. He fucking did that.

    The grand majority of Americans opposed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but Trump personally installed unqualified judges that were directly tasked with this abominable decision.

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      3 days ago

      What? People with no wealth or in debt have benefited from higher wages

      Only people with savings are negatively affected

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        3 days ago

        I note that positive growth in “real earnings” is highly correlated with republican presidencies.

        I can’t wait for you to tell us where you got this chart.

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          3 days ago

          It’s actually more correlated with Democrat presidents, inflation too high under Trump, economy shit under Bush