The recent vote in Ohio is just one of a string of cases where voters show they mostly support abortion access to some extent (1). Polls show the same. (2) So why do Republicans (specifically Republican politicians, not necessarily Republican voters) keep trying to do something unpopular?

My (perhaps cynical) view of Republican politicians is that they’re the “do anything to win” party. They would take any stance and pull any trick if it would give them a better chance of winning. So why are they so stuck on a losing issue?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/08/ohio-takeaways-voters-abortion-00110411?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20230809&instance_id=99621&nl=the-morning®i_id=78332928&segment_id=141508&te=1&user_id=2c229a9eb418d267c58bd9e6c665e49d

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/roe-v-wade-abortion-views.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare T

  • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’ll admit I support some restrictions. Otherwise it’ll never pass. I just don’t think your “generic your” religion should be forced on me. Roe vs wade was bad law and looking to be overturned. I get that. I’m most disappointed in congress not acting and how quickly the republicans went nuts on abortion.

    Polls and just talking to people show people want access to abortion. Kansas which is very red even said they want access to abortion.

    While I want republicans to win. I won’t vote republican until they change their stance. I find their stance extreme and I am not an extreme person. I strongly believe it’s your body and your choice.

    • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      You seem like a reasonable enough person.

      Blows my mind that someone like you would still identify with the party hellbent on stripping freedoms, destroying our right to vote, and reinstalling a felony commiting traitor in the whitehouse.

      • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
        11·
        1 year ago

        I don’t agree they’re trying to destroy the right to vote or stripping anyone’s freedom. Without examples it’s hard to have that conversation. Oh I don’t want Trump to run again. I am shocked he’s still so popular. Ignore the debate about his crimes. The courts have to evaluate those.

        As a person, he’s just a jackass. He’s not really a conservative. He’s just a jackass.

        Right now I’m not sure there is a single republican running for president I can vote for.

        • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 year ago

          Here’s more than 425 examples: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_efforts_to_restrict_voting_following_the_2020_presidential_election

          Republicans know they’re in the minority, and they know their “policies” are unpopular. So they resort to fascism.

          You personally might not want trump to run again. But the republican party is full-throatedly lying for and defending that filthy fucking traitor with all their hearts.

          So that’s what you support when you vote for Republicans. The end of democracy and the installation of America’s first dictator.

        • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 year ago

          Btw, there’s nothing to debate about whether or not the front running republican presidential candidate is a felon or not.

          The evidence is overwhelming and some of the most damning is public. Grand juries have just a 1% non-conviction rate.

          You will be aligning with a fascist party who seeks to elect a seditious FELON for president. Those are your people.