The trends I expected did happen, but not at the scale to cause notable effects yesterday.
See where demographics shifted.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/politics/exit-polls-2022-midterm-2018-shift/
Excerpt:
When Democrats took control of the House after the 2018 election, a little more than half of voters were women and the party had a huge advantage among them. Even though women represented a similar majority of voters in 2022, Democrats’ lead appears to be cut noticeably. Additionally, in 2022, Republicans grew their support among men.
Early exit polls confirmed that Americans do support abortion rights. Only a little more than a third of voters said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. But while Republicans in the House won the support of nearly all of the voters who oppose abortion rights, they also got the support of a quarter of the voters who said it should be legal.
By age
Democrats lost support among younger voters in 2022 compared with 2018. Republicans won older voters.
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Much more at the link.