Every four years the autumn issue of MS. is, to be completely honest, pretty much the same thing. We’re doing our best to explain what’s at stake in the upcoming election and how the outcome will affect our lives and our future.
This year, that wasn’t necessary. Project 2025 did the job for us.
The 887-page Presidential Transition Project 2025 laid out in detail how the next Republican president would orchestrate the reversal of more than 50 years of hard-won gains for women and girls.
The list on our fall cover is just the beginning. What else does Project 2025 have in its sights? MSAuthor Carrie N. Baker reads the “misogynistic manifesto” from cover to cover so you don’t have to.
Conservatives speaking openly about their unpopular agenda wasn’t the only shock of this election season. In July, we saw a man willingly give up the reins of power and support a black and South Asian woman to take his place. President Joe Biden – he is what a feminist is all about.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ late entry into the race boosted efforts to mobilize voters, particularly young Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Writer Belle Taylor-McGhee spoke with enthusiastic organizers on the ground in North Carolina and Georgia.
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Democrats are banking on abortion being a crucial election issue, not only to keep the White House but also to take control of the Senate and perhaps even the House of Representatives. But the media is predicting that the issue has lost its clout. MS. asked Jodi Enda of the Fuller Project to survey poll experts on what will really matter to voters in November. They say media polls are badly flawed. People “vote on what gets them excited,” says Democratic pollster Jill Normington.
Of course, this was no surprise to any of us. MSA poll conducted a year ago by Lake Research Partners for Woman and the Feminist Majority Foundation found that the combination of abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment would provide a strong incentive for voter turnout in 2024.
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