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[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Have they, though?

It wasn't because it gets votes, but because it loses votes. People will strongly object to one thing a hell of a lot faster than they'll give you credit for doing anything. Look at Biden's entire administration. We handled post-covid inflation* better than any other developed nation, but he didn't get credit for the 90% he fixed. He got shit on for the 10% left to go.

* And I'd argue a good chunk of that inflation was the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the bipartisan bill Trump signed into law while rejecting the oversight the Dems wanted. That was the biggest corporate giveaway in our nation's history. Literally just giving public money to private corporations. A step far beyond "privatize profits, socialize losses".

Dems believed, reasonably, that Roe was settled and wasn't in imminent danger. Holding a vote on that just pushes people away. Of course, in hindsight, they should have done it anyway. But as you can tell from this past election, and all the states that went red while passing women's rights legislation, having the issue out there is not getting them votes.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There is probably 1% of dems who are pro-life. The mass majority is pro-choice. This is like saying people who vote repubs are anti-gun. Dems have had a ton of chances to solidify it into law, which is way harder to remove.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

There is probably 1% of dems who are pro-life.

Don't become a betting man

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So...3%...still higher than I expected

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

12% pro-life in 2024. 34% in 2012.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Im reading this one.

Democrats' Views on Legality of Abortion, 1975-2024

Which has abortion illegal as 3%.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Democrats' Self-ID on Abortion, 1995-2024

12% pro-life in 2024. 34% in 2012.

Going by

Democrats' Views on Legality of Abortion, 1975-2024

It's 61% pro-choice, 31% limited abortion, 3% totally illegal in 2024

It's 40% pro-choice, 41% limited abortion, 13% totally illegal in 2012

Compare that to

Republicans' Views on Legality of Abortion, 1975-2024

12% pro-choice, 64% limited abortion, 23% totally illegal in 2024

9% pro-choice, 61% limited abortion, 28% totally illegal in 2012

Unless we're going to count the GOP both now and then as a pro-choice party, the fact is that the Dems being majority pro-choice is a recent phenomenon.

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

True, I just see pro-life people as all forms as illegal. Where as limited to me is still pro-choice because that phrasing could mean people who agree that 3rd trimester shouldn't be allowed type of opinion, as they do in most of the EU.

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