Published on January 13, 2024, 12:53 am

As per recent data, evidently, the poll numbers for Joe Biden are rather disappointing. Not only is he lagging in the national survey, but he’s also trailing Donald Trump in battleground state polling. The 2024 election outcome heavily relies on a handful of pivotal states, including Pennsylvania.

Rewinding to 2016, Donald Trump clinched victory in Pennsylvania. However, come 2020; Biden managed a narrow win, though not without controversy. There have been multiple sworn affidavits by poll workers alleging irregularities that could have influenced the verdict. Irrespective of your conviction regarding the 2020 Pennsylvania scenario, current polls indicate a neck-and-neck competition in this state and some even suggest Trump potentially winning.

Pennsylvania thus emerges as a state Joe Biden can ill-afford to lose this upcoming November Election. Democrats are thereby devising strategies to secure his win.

One such stratagem unveiled by The Messenger is Pennsylvania Democrats aiming to introduce an abortion referendum on the ballot this November, designed to bolster liberal turnout in elections. This move eerily mirrors tactics adopted during the 2004 presidential election when bans on same-sex marriage were inscribed onto state ballots across various states.

However, will such an approach yield success considering Pennsylvania’s tendency to vote blue? Well, all signs point towards negative.

With limited time available to securing a constitutional amendment for embedding abortion rights on the November ballot besides acquiring “legislative approval during two successive legislative sessions,” makes it virtually impossible. Further complexities arise with Democratic power holding onto a threadbare majority in the Pennsylvania House and Republican dominance noticeable within their State Senate.

Nonetheless, this doesn’t imply that Democrats won’t attempt leveraging abortion as an election’s salient subject matter designed for inciting crowdfunding from their loyalists. Senate and House Democrats of Pennsylvania potentially may table a constitutional amendment into each chamber’s vote systems thereby rendering every elected official accountable while utilizing it as feedstock for mail and promotional campaigns later in the year.

Governor Josh Shapiro has, thus far, emphatically voiced his support for abortion rights through his 2022campaigning initiatives. Apart from expressing his views loudly and openly, there is little he can do to cement these basic rights within the constitution or otherwise. Pro-abortion lobbyists, Democratic citizens, and advocacy groups spread across Pennsylvania will be motivated to rally their troops being mindful that this supposed peace of mind regarding complete autonomy over our fundamental rights could vanish in a blink!

Notwithstanding these limitations, they cannot generate a constitutional amendment. Democrats are confident that the abortion debate was their savior during the 2024 red wave elections therefore they will spare no effort in capitalizing upon it once more with an aim to entrench Joe Biden back into the White House.
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