KFF November 25, 2024
The outcome of the 2024 presidential election is settled with Republicans regaining control of the U.S. house and controlling the U.S. Senate, with President-elect Donald Trump set to begin a second term in January 2025. With most votes counted and races called, this analysis takes a deeper dive into the role that health care issues played in the 2024 race. In the first presidential election since the overturning of Roe v. Wade and amid voters’ increased anxieties about the country’s economic direction, health care issues influenced voters’ decisions in complicated but rational ways.
In the 2022 midterm elections, Democratic candidates were able to capitalize on their base’s enthusiasm for protecting reproductive rights to encourage turnout in key electoral races. Two...
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