Democrats won Virginia on abortion. Can it also win them the White House?

A year and a half after the supreme court struck down Roe v Wade, abortion continues to weigh heavily on voters' mind

Days before Josh Cole won his toss-up race, the Democratic candidate for Virginia's house of delegates predicted that his party would perform well on election day, largely because the issue of abortion had motivated many voters to turn out at the polls.

There are people who are absolutely passionate about reproductive freedom and making sure that an abortion ban doesn't come to Virginia," Cole said.