The red wave - the red tsunami - midterm election in the u.s woman, youth independent stop the wave

Expectations for the 2022 midterms were set early on. The Democratic Party was supposed to easily lose control of the House, and potentially the Senate, as a result of lackluster approval ratings for Joe Biden and concerns about issues like crime and inflation. But then came the end of Roe v. Wade. Tom Bonier, a Democratic strategist and CEO of TargetSmart, determined that the Supreme Court decision on abortion was having a significant effect on voters and that a potential Dobbs effect could increase turnout and combat the predicted red wave. After Democrats pulled off unprecedented wins for a party in power, Bonier’s hypothesis seems to have been validated.