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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
It's going to take me some time to find the exact statistic, but this should suffice in the meantime.
In politics, being openly pro-choice is, for all intents and purposes, a pretty good way to ensure a loss.
It's important to note that the manner under which America is "pro-choice" is highly conditional.
In other words, 76% of Americans agree with some form of abortion, but only 36% of Americans agree with unrestricted abortions (Though it's important to note that the overwhelming majority of abortions simply don't occur due to rape, incest or even because of health risks). Few people want to overturn Roe vs. Wade, but they do want to see some serious revisions to it (Of course, most Americans don't realize that overturning Roe vs. Wade wouldn't make abortion illegal, it would simply put decisions on whether or not to conduct abortions in the hands of the state). Oh, and:
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Here we go again.
Americans are pro-choice in most circumstances, other than partial birth and parental notification, even if they personally believe abortion is wrong:
polls
NARAL's rating requires support of partial birth and oppositon to parental notification so its not surprising that most members of Congress do not fully support their position.
But certain being openly pro-choice is not a way to ensure all loss. One only need to look at the last election, where the Democrats took control of both Houses - only one newly elected Senator (Pennsylvania) was pro-life and only two of the 30+ newly elected Democrat House members were pro-life. Although, there is no evidence that abortion was a decided issue (embryonic stem cell research was a deciding issue in the Missouri senate race, where the supporter won).
Abortion is not a deciding factor in most elections.
Like most voters, I take into consideration the candidates position on Supreme Court nominations.