.speechboy71: Why the GOP should be very worried about the extremists they just helped elect
Before Tuesday, there were still some political pundits who questioned the power of the abortion issue to drive Democratic turnout and thwart the GOP’s chances of winning control of the House and Senate.should immediately disabuse those notions. In a stunning result , the state’s voters overwhelmingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have changed the state constitution and made it possible for legislators to enact abortion bans.
What should be of particular concern to Republicans is that Democratic turnout in the election was at a record high, which suggests that the abortion issue is strongly motivating Democratic voters. If the outcome in Kansas is replicated elsewhere in November, Republicans could be looking at a fearsome political backlash tied to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. While the court’s ruling inserted the abortion issue into the 2022 midterms, Republicans have done precious little to help themselves. In state after state, they are choosing candidates who hold deeply unpopular positions on abortion that will make them far less electable come November.
And when not choosing abortion extremists, Republicans are picking Trump acolytes or clearly unqualified candidates who are struggling to win over independents, and in some cases, other GOP voters. This could potentially have national ramifications, as it strengthens the emerging Democratic narrative that Republicans are a party of radicals and extremists, looking to move the country backward, not forward. And recent polling suggests that Democrats are building momentum.
In an election cycle in which Republicans should be well on their way to victory, the political tide is turning against them – and, increasingly, they have no one to blame but themselves.
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