CletusWilbury
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Honestly, I'm not sure what to do about the Evangelical voters. As a staunch proponent of secularism, I'm all for keeping them out of power at every turn, but I don't have any ideas for convincing them that abortion is acceptable. The awful truth about humanity is that on issues that one holds dear in their heart, information that contradicts your beliefs is often treated as an actual attack on you as an individual - it literally triggers a fight-or-flight reaction in the brain. This is why we have people who have spent years screaming at each other on the same issue for years on DP and many forums like it, especially when it comes to religion or abortion - dissent and criticism on these subjects are a challenge to the core principles that you define the world around you by, and very few people can contemplate a drastic change to their world like that. I'm included in that crowd, but I strive to be open minded as best I can.
Long story short, I don't think American voter demographics are going to shift fast enough to either force or allow the GOP to change - the evangelicals are here to stay for at least another few generations.
All of this is correct. Some thoughts that I've had for a long time:
The GOP needs to find a better approach than no compromise as policy. That leads to a serious problem within the party.
I first heard this from Rush Limbaugh in the early 90's, push the party as far to the right and then they would win! It went against every political history I was aware of.
Even my Dad bought into it. He was so busy reading about American heroes, he missed the political history. Similar to some of my war gaming buddies.