In theWall St Journal Op page, we have Andy Kohut, old liner pollster, commenting upon the Republican loss last week. He gives some figures, 59% of voters believe abortion ought to be legal. So, on the wedgiest of wedge issues, it's now 59% pro abortion (pro choice) , 41% anti abortion (pro life). That's a big change. Not so long ago the numbers were 50-50.
Right now, the Republican party is pro-life. And, each time the issue comes up, it costs the party two votes for every vote it gains. This is a surefire path to defeat.
And there isn't all that much the party can do about it. The 41% anti abortion are probably 100% Republicans. That makes the Republican party vastly inhabited by anti abortion voters, and to win a Republican primary, and become a Republican candidate, you have to be anti abortion. And, it's a democracy, those 41% are free to vote the way they please in primary elections. So there ain't much a Republican candidate can do, if he wants to be a Republican candidate.
So either the Democrats win next time, and the next, and the next. Or candidates who care about jobs and the economy will run as third party or independents. Or some miraculous change of heart sweeps over the 41% and they decide abortion is a private matter, and not a matter for government interference.
Things don't look good for the future. The Democrats will take us down the drain with Greece.
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