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Ohio Voters Weigh In On Abortion (Indirectly)

2023/8/7
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Galen Druke:奥亥俄州选民即将就提高宪法修正案通过门槛的提案进行投票,这实际上与堕胎权等文化战争议题密切相关。如果该提案通过,将降低11月堕胎权修正案通过的可能性。 Nathaniel Rakich:目前民调结果显示,支持提高门槛的选民比例为35%,反对者为45%,未决定者为20%。由于存在现状偏见,未决定者更有可能选择反对。共和党立法者将此次公投安排在8月,目的是为了阻止11月关于堕胎权的公投。此次公投只需要简单多数就能通过,但如果通过,将改变未来宪法修正案的通过门槛为60%的超级多数。支持和反对该提案的广告都将焦点放在文化战争议题上,而非程序性问题。对8月公投的支持或反对与对11月堕胎权公投的支持或反对并非完全一致,因为支持8月公投的广告也包含了关于变性议题的内容。民调结果可能随着时间的推移而发生变化,因为选民对修正案的理解可能会加深。11月关于堕胎权的州级选举将受到广泛关注,并可能成为衡量堕胎权在总统大选中的重要性指标。根据目前的民调和分析,人们普遍预期奥亥俄州的宪法修正案将会通过,从而将堕胎权写入州宪法。在大多数州,支持堕胎权的比例较高,这表明在多数州,堕胎权公投很可能获得通过。如果8月公投失败,则11月关于堕胎权的公投很可能通过;反之,则很可能失败。目前,奥亥俄州的堕胎合法性存在争议,22周的妊娠限制和“心跳法案”的冲突导致法律模糊。越来越多的共和党州试图通过提高宪法修正案的通过门槛来阻止自由派的法案。自2017年以来,至少有10个州尝试提高宪法修正案的通过门槛,但只有亚利桑那州成功。在多数情况下,提高宪法修正案通过门槛的措施并不受欢迎。佛罗里达州在2006年通过了两党合作的方式提高了宪法修正案的通过门槛,这为奥亥俄州的类似措施提供了参考。佛罗里达州在2006年提高宪法修正案通过门槛的动机是为了避免宪法被过多地修改。佛罗里达州提高宪法修正案通过门槛后,有41%的修正案未能通过,而这些修正案在简单多数制下本应获得通过。 Galen Druke: 奥亥俄州的这次选举非常复杂,选民将投票决定是否提高通过宪法修正案的门槛。这实际上与文化战争议题有关,因为其结果将影响11月关于是否将堕胎权写入州宪法的投票。如果8月公投通过,则11月关于堕胎权的修正案通过的可能性将会降低。

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Ohioans are voting on whether to increase the threshold for passing constitutional amendments to a 60% supermajority, which could impact a future abortion rights amendment.

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Tuesday is Election Day in Ohio and it’s a bit of an unusual one. Ohioans are voting on whether to increase the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a simple majority to a 60 percent supermajority. In this installment of the podcast, Galen Druke speaks with senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich about where the race stands and the broader trend of similar ballot measures.

Galen also digs into the New York Times’s first polls of the 2024 primary and general elections with Ruth Igielnik, the Times's editor of news surveys. Their surveys with Siena College during the 2022 midterms earned them the distinction of the best pollster in the country, according to FiveThirtyEight's ratings. At this point, their early data suggests that former President Donald Trump is far outpacing his rivals in the Republican primary and is tied with President Biden in general election polling. So, what should we make of that?

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