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USA: Midterm election

71% of Americans are for the right to choose, within certain guidelines

70% of Americans are supportive of Gay marriage

66% of Americans are for some form of Gun control

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe Vs. Wade, the culture war roles have been reversed.  The anti-abortion movement that has won, has been successful because most Americans never thought that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe Vs. Wade, but now that it has, they perceive the courts as the enemy of what the people want, and the most direct way to affect the courts is via the ballot box.

The left is energized.  Democrat candidates are now vocally talking about gun control and the right of State to allow abortion.  The right, well they won and the battle at the state level is complicated.  Moreover, Democrats have been far more successful in raising money than has the GOP.   This is a twist.  

On top of everything, the GOP has decided to go even more extreme.  The story that a woman was refused to be allowed to purchase birth control pills tells you everything that the ordinary /American we told was a lie that their rights were enshrined and therefore they could ignore the issues since they had other problems.  Now not so much.

It is 80% probable that the chamber of representants will be led by the GOP, but it's more than likely that the Senate will stay in the hands of the Democrats, which means that nothing will be achieved after the midterm election, until the general election.

But for the GOP the damage is already done, they have won the abortion battle, but the cost could be the loss of the culture war as average Americans become engaged in the political process.

Just saying "times they are changing..."



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