More Polls Show Voters Will Punish Democrats For Pushing An Extreme 'Trans' Agenda
Bad ideas will fare badly in elections
Forget about all the haters in 2024. Worry about the ‘double haters.’ Americans who hated both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump broke for the latter in 2016, electing him. Then voters who hated both Trump and Joe Biden in 2020 crossed over to Biden, electing him.
Now a 6,000 person survey from the Survey Center on American Life (SCAL) shows that this same decisive demographic of swing voters is overwhelmingly opposed to men cheating at sports in the name of ‘trans inclusion.’ It is the latest evidence that Democrats are completely out of step with public opinion on transgender issues.
Political scientist Ruy Teixeira explains that “Democrats’ vulnerability is underscored by views among this group on contentious issues dividing Republicans and Democrats.” Put simply, the problem shows up most wherever the issues are most divisive, as with ‘gender identity.’
Take the issue of racism in our society. Is racism “built into our society, including into its policies and institutions”, as Democr…
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