A liberal party is impossible in the US political system at the moment. The rural areas are strongly advantaged by design, and have a strong conservative lean.
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats are already basically a moderate party.
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats are already basically a moderate party.
Different ways for different slices of life. Who'd'a thunk it?
If you actually poll people on individual issues, rural people often agree with the Democrats. The parties aren't particularly representative of people's underlying opinions.
Most people in the USA have brain rot and are incredibly uninformed and stupid.
No, I don’t think that is the case, its not that people believe that it is common, the issue is that the Democratic Party has stated that they want women to have that ability to make that choice all the way to birth. That position is a disconnect with the electorate. Majority of the populace wants elective choice up to 3 months, then it falls off dramatically.
It’s like asking the public about monetary policy - they have opinions but they’re all shaped by the media and the fact that they know nothing about monetary policy to begin with. Most Americans really know nothing but will have opinions anyway.
This is the issue I’m talking about. When they are informed - their opinions change dramatically.
Well that might be your opinion, but in my experience everyone I know that sit on the pro-life side of this debate seem to have concern for the fetus driving their opinion, more than “finicky woman choice being dramatic in the final moments” being the driver. I think that is why polling dramatically starts shifting at the point within the pregnancy where the fetus starts developing into the recognizable human form.
It’s easy to disconnect the humanity from a fetus when it’s physical characteristics are no different from other animals. However, once it becomes recognizably human, it makes it more difficult for people to be advocates of abortion choice.
The democrats don’t want to acknowledge this moral difficulty. They even try to avoid words like “baby”, “person”, and “child”. Recently was some news around President Biden’s slip of the tongue on the topic.
https://twitter.com/DanODonnellShow/status/15215217089261854...
Thinking more generally, do you think abortion should generally be legal or generally illegal during each of the following stages of pregnancy.
Then compare those stats to this question:
With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?
A majority identify as pro-choice, but apparently do not believe that choice should extend past the 3 months of pregnancy.