Purple Haize wrote: ↑September 18th, 2020, 11:27 pm
thepostman wrote: ↑September 18th, 2020, 9:56 pm
Jonathan Carone wrote: ↑September 18th, 2020, 9:24 pm
I actually disagree. Every Conservative who doesn’t like Trump but thinks overturning Roe is the way to end abortions now has their reason to vote for him. Just like 2016 - “I don’t like him but if we can get a 6-3 majority on the court we can overturn Roe.”
Exactly this! Before there were a vocal group of Republicans voting for Biden but this might change that for at least some of them. I have been on the record saying Trump will win but this not makes it a nearly sure thing at this point.
I agree with the premise but think you have the wrong issue. Guns are going to play a big part in it. Lots of first time gun owners now. Lots of Democrats (looking at you Beto) have come out and said they are going to take our guns. Abortion will certainly play a role but guns will be a close second (see what I did there)
Guns will play a role without a doubt but the belief that somehow having conservative lead Supreme Court will throw out Roe v Wade has been a driving force in Supreme Court nominations for a while. The ironic thing is, I don't think there are a lot of conservative judges out there interested in throwing it out.
Gun ownership rights aren't in jeopardy right now but the belief among many is the dems want to take all the guns so it does seem like something that could also get that base fired up.
I have grown up in conservative circles all my life and so I am well aware of how fired up Supreme Court vacancies get conservatives. My question is, does it also fire up liberals? Is there a scenario in which dems not wanting to vote for Biden so they've decided to vote 3rd party or not at all, all of a sudden decide to vote Biden because of this? I don't really know.