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Republicans and pro-lifers are in a bind. Republicans have lost some winnable elections since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, with many voters citing abortion as a reason, but if they still want to win nationally, the big old party cannot abandon the pro-life cause. Meanwhile, abortion opponents need to win over American voters and face the reality that the majority of Americans still do not support a complete ban on abortion. The Republican Party and the pro-life movement are tied together. To be successful, both countries will need to strengthen their political messaging across the board.
Democrats are more motivated and could make a difference in states like Virginia, where Republicans recently outperformed President Joe Biden but still couldn’t control the state legislature or the Senate. While inflation and crime unsettle voters, Democrats ran ads on the air claiming a Republican victory would mean the end of abortion in the state, and internal polling showed the ads were particularly effective among women. found.
Pro-abortion voters also made changes in Ohio and Kentucky. Exit polls from last year, when the Red Wave did not materialize, showed that 31% of voters said inflation was their top priority, while 27% said abortion was their top priority, and 60% of all voters said they were disappointed in Dobbs’ decision. He is reportedly dissatisfied.
Left-wing activists claim that the pro-abortion message has always been the Democratic Party’s greatest weapon, but this is not true. Take former Colorado Sen. Mark Udall, for example. He received a 100 percent rating from pro-abortion groups, while his challenger received a zero rating. Mr. Udall tried to end the fight on abortion in his 2014 re-election bid, but lost. “It’s not that Democrats weren’t trying to engage voters or that supporting Roe wasn’t popular,” liberal blogger Matt Yglesias wrote. He “just wasn’t one to sway votes until it was gone.”
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Recent defeats have led to the support of Republican elites who have long dreamed of eliminating social conservatives, arguing that fiscally conservative and socially liberal candidates are what the country really wants. was gotten. What these Republicans are probably right is that this is the kind of candidate who could win the governorship of Massachusetts or the mayoralty of New York City if they wanted national influence. , this calculation does not hold.
One in ten Republican voters would refuse to vote for a candidate who did not share their pro-life views. That’s the difference between winning and losing the 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial race, which Republicans won. This will also make a difference in the 2022 Senate races in North Carolina and Wisconsin, as well as in the Nevada gubernatorial race that year.
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If 10% of Americans stayed home in the 2020 national election, Donald Trump would lose North Carolina and Florida and gain Texas. In 2016, that would mean Trump losing Nevada, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, giving Hillary Clinton a bigger victory than even liberal experts expected. I’m going to do it.
In other words, abandoning the pro-life cause means abandoning Congress and most certainly the White House.
But that doesn’t mean there aren’t lessons to be learned from the past two election cycles. Pro-life Americans need to understand that changing deep-rooted attitudes about abortion is an important fight, but one that will take years. Meanwhile, the pro-abortion movement has backed every ballot initiative taken to date, including in Michigan, Kentucky, Montana and, most recently, Ohio, which in November enshrined late-term abortions without parental consent in its state constitution. defeated abortion opponents.
Nationally, 55% of voters think second-trimester abortions should be illegal. In the third his number rises to 70%. Ohio is a more church-going, Christian, and conservative state than many states included in that average. So, how was this constitutional amendment implemented?
The answer is pro-life excesses and Democratic fear-mongering. Ohio’s Republican heartthrob bill effectively banned abortions after six weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest. This excited the Ohioan and he rolled over.
I can’t stand this. Proponents face house fires that have left tens of thousands of children trapped indoors. You can save some or none at all. That may change in the future, but for now, growing the population of Ohio and Michigan is unacceptable. The first step to victory is changing your message. In short, something terrible happened.
Since Dobbs, the number of pro-choice voters has increased. Americans are ready to respond to talk of “rights,” “confederate” romances, and “new civil rights.” Add to that the celebrity endorsement and the reality that few people have ever thought deeply about the brutal physical and emotional realities of abortion, and this surge is not surprising.
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Democrats are perfectly happy to put rape victims and pro-abortion doctors on camera to speak directly to voters. These storytellers tug at the heartstrings and obscure the cruel reality of abortion. Pro-lifers should learn from this. Their stories are heart-breaking and heart-warming stories that involve real people. Let those people give their opinions.
People gather in the Hamilton County Board of Elections parking lot to vote early in Cincinnati on Nov. 2, 2023. Ohio’s new constitutional projections regarding access to abortion are scheduled to take effect Dec. 7, but existing abortion laws are starting to move again now that voters have decided the issue, with related lawsuits starting to move again and questions about when and how the amendment will take effect. There is uncertainty as to whether the (AP Photo/Carolyn Custer, File)
A woman who was forced to have an abortion and has regretted it for the rest of her life is shown on camera. Please show this to women who have experienced the pain of infertility. Let her talk about how pro-abortion politicians have been cruel to the precious gift of her life. Show me her adopted son, whose mother bravely decided against abortion. A woman who is 18 weeks pregnant is asked to describe how she feels the baby moving inside her belly.
A doctor who once performed an abortion is shown on camera. Show viewers ultrasounds, heartbeats, and how a baby the size of a grape seed grows to the size of a cantaloupe. Let’s talk about the 6’3″ baby who was born at 23 weeks and is now a linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks. Or the baby who survived an abortion but was left breathless with a cold. Let’s ask a pregnant woman who lost her baby to a drunk driver to tell us the story of her last breath. What that life meant to her, and how little it meant to the Democratic Party. Let’s talk about it.
Let’s have real people tell us their happy and painful stories directly to voters. Democrats define what their issue is and frame it as if it is a question of whether or not to support women and rape victims.
The pro-life movement needs to let voters know that what’s at stake here is much more real than a semblance of “choice.” They can and must frame the story from a real-world perspective, using real people and real outcomes. Tell me the painful truth. The American people can live with it. What we can’t deal with is another Ohio.
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