06-25-2022, 03:11 AM
(06-24-2022, 10:04 PM)Au165 Wrote: Yes. Because mobilization is why incumbent parties usually lose mid terms. These topics have only ever impacted a small portion of people on either side but they have always been massive mobilization platforms. Donald Trump didn’t get bounced for things effecting most the country (inflation, 401ks, etc), he got bounced because of mobilization efforts around larger picture topics that didn’t impact most people.
The reality is youth voters are the sleeping giant of elections and it usually takes large cultural topics to mobilize them. Flippantly dismissing it because the topics seem irrelevant to you is a fools errand.
(06-24-2022, 10:10 PM)samhain Wrote: You think 1 percent of the population uses birth control? I'd blow Thomas's comments up everywhere if I were a Dem strategist.
(06-24-2022, 10:11 PM)Au165 Wrote: Yea the wasn’t worth going into because I’m guessing he didn’t know what those cases were referencing.Those cases actually impact a massive part of the population in various ways.
Yep I didn't have all the context of the comments, my bad.
On topic - It's the same story. The 14th Amendment is not a catch-all to circumvent the powers of the states. If you want a law, amend the constitution or petition your state.
With that said, it seems damn near impossible to get enough people to agree one way or the other at a federal level.....when it doubt, leave it to the states...that's the whole point of how this country was formed.
While I don't care either way if any of these rulings stays or goes, I support any ruling that gives powers back to the individual states, we all should.
