Republicans Focus on Rising Crime to Counter Democratic Abortion Momentum
- GOP has increased the number of crime-centered campaign ads
- Democrats’ chances of retaining US Senate have increased
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Republicans are sharpening their attacks against Democrats on the topic of rising crime in an attempt to blunt voter anger over the narrowing of abortion rights that jeopardizes the GOP’s once-strong chances to take the US Senate.
About 30% of Republican campaign ads mentioned crime at the end of last week, a sharp increase from just two months ago, according to an analysis of data compiled by AdImpact, a firm that tracks political advertising.