In a piece on how Democrats are questioning their 2022 campaign strategy, the New York Times reports:
Democrats have spent nearly $320 million on ads focused on abortion rights, more than 10 times as much as the $31 million they have spent on spots about inflation, according to data from AdImpact, a media tracking firm. They have spent nearly $140 million on crime ads.
As I reported back in November 2021, Democrat Terry McAuliffe spent $4 million on abortion ads in the Virginia gubernatorial election, but the attack was a dud. Some Democrats thought the Dobbs decision might help them keep control of the House, but if the generic congressional ballot polls are right, then that view was wrong.