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Roe v Wade is a good country wide indicator. Trump specifically said he would appoint judges to overturn it during one of the debates.

The majority voted for him.

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> The majority voted for him.

No, we did not. The US president is not elected by majority vote and does not represent the will of the majority.

Also, overturning Roe v Wade is hugely unpopular with the majority https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/07/06/majority-of-... which is already starting to show at the voting booths.

The majority in fact did not vote for him, because that’s not how electoral colleges work.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/live-update/elections-2020-upda...

Wasn't the whole point of Roe V Wade that it shouldn't have ever been a federal issue and that it should be up to the states all along?

Wouldn't deciding these things on a local level be more representative to the than a federal law?

RvW made it the most local level of decision making that is possible - the individual.

Sure, but in the context of society all laws exist to override personal decision making. Anything from speeding fines to marriage laws to corruption regulations. It's all about taking the autonomy away from the individual. RvW isn't unique in that regard.

So what's the point about making it more local then?

> The majority voted for him.

Just to be precise, the popular vote was 62,984,828 to 65,853,514 in favor of Clinton, with roughly 60% turnout. The majority did not vote for Trump.

But that doesn't matter in US presidental elections.

The majority did not vote for him. The majority of the "electoral college" did. 2.8 million more people voted for Hillary than Trump.

No, the majority voted for Hillary, but Trump won.

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