While it might be unlikely to swing the election to Biden is there any chance it might swing some state districts to Dems?
I have no idea who his opponent is, but Democrats have put up some terrible candidates statewide the past few cycles.
He's up narrowly, but he doesn't seem to be especially popular. Maybe the dems could actually pull an upset?
Granted, he defeated an incumbent, but he was the incumbent governor and won by just over 10,000 votes.
That any poll shows it that close at this juncture means it should be a dogfight.
I think people make a mistake thinking Florida is beet red. It's not. The problem is that voter turnout among Democrats there the last couple of cycles has been terrible, and lackluster candidates like Charlie Crist sure didn't help. If they show up, anything's possible.
On the issue of abortion, both political parties are wildly out of touch with the American electorate. Even in a red state like Florida, there's relatively little support for making all abortions illegal under all circumstances. There's more support, but far from majority support, for making abortion legal under all circumstances. Most Americans fall into the safe, legal, and rare with restrictions camp.
Circumstances. Biden has proposed restoring Roe v Wade on a national basis and the party has not released a 2024 platform but I doubt it will
Be legal abortion under all circumstances.
as their official party platform, but there will be no expansion of abortion rights that they won't support and no restrictions that they won't oppose.
a bill that would allow abortion on demand until birth? I am not saying there is no Democrat anywhere that has ever expressed support for such an idea but I think it is pretty clear the party position is to reinstate Roe which was not on demand for any reason.
Proposal 3 allows abortion at any point in time if a provider finds it's medically indicated to protect the "mental health" of the pregnant individual. The thought of having a kid stressing you out? You can probably find a doctor to tell you abortion is medically indicated.
Also, while Proposal 3 provides that the state can regulate abortion after fetal viability,
frivolous reason. More likely the language was intended to recognize there can. be cases where there is a very real mental health issue that might not be included in the more traditional health of the mother phrase.
I will say that I think the idea a woman who is 8 months pregnant would decide to terminate her preganancy because it is stressing her out is insulting to women in general and women who have access to abortion services and carry to the 8th month actually do want to be pregnant.
what other people really think.
opinion in the party. Depressing but true. I'm a Democrat who does not share that absolutist view and would love to see a lot more diversity acknowledged, and anyone who says otherwise will be smacked upside the head.
legal under all circumstances? I'm not as close to this issue as I should be.
ability to impose regulations in the secind trimester and prohibit in the third trimester.
If the origina post meant for any reason in the first trimester I apologize but typically I see this to support the argument Dems want to permit it all the way until birth for any reason whatsoever.
Republicans. Voters haven't had a say in this in 50 years, and as a proponent of federalism I am glad they are now getting a say. It seems to be a boon to Democrats so far in elections, and may continue to be, but I'm glad the issue is going back to the states.
It’s a dividing issue and should be decided at the ballot box. Moral absolutes don’t play well with voters.
I'm imagining the reactions if it gets 59% and goes down. Maybe the democratic party in the state would become functional again?
at becoming functional than the state Republican parties in Illinois and California.