Kansas, a super-conservative state, just voted overwhelmingly in favor of abortion rights. The reason the votes don't materialize is that we don't have direct

Kansas, a super-conservative state, just voted overwhelmingly in favor of abortion rights. The reason the votes don't materialize is that we don't have direct democracy and voting is a complicated and imperfect proxy for measuring support of any single issue. Candidates are a mixture of party, identity, and policies.