If abortion becomes a state issue, will the country become less polarized?

[Cashew]

And which states will become more "elastic" if this happens?

[Beet]

It will become more polarized, because every state legislator, governor, and member of congress will suddenly be asked to legislate on it.

[Beet]

It will become more polarized, because every state legislator, governor, and member of congress will suddenly be asked to legislate on it.

If it's a state where one side has an ironclad grip on the state legislature (MA, AL, etc.) then opposition candidates will just take the lo a majority position on abortion when they run statewide.  There would be a lot more wrong party governors a few years after this decision.

I don't follow. Why would there be more wrong party governors?

[Cashew]

It will become more polarized, because every state legislator, governor, and member of congress will suddenly be asked to legislate on it.

If it's a state where one side has an ironclad grip on the state legislature (MA, AL, etc.) then opposition candidates will just take the lo a majority position on abortion when they run statewide.  There would be a lot more wrong party governors a few years after this decision.

I don't follow. Why would there be more wrong party governors?

Because Alabama Democrats for example, will realize that the legislature will accept that the legislature, no matter what will never legalize abortion, so they wont bother to run on this issue at all.

[Beet]

It will become more polarized, because every state legislator, governor, and member of congress will suddenly be asked to legislate on it.

If it's a state where one side has an ironclad grip on the state legislature (MA, AL, etc.) then opposition candidates will just take the lo a majority position on abortion when they run statewide.  There would be a lot more wrong party governors a few years after this decision.

I don't follow. Why would there be more wrong party governors?

Because Alabama Democrats for example, will realize that the legislature will accept that the legislature, no matter what will never legalize abortion, so they wont bother to run on this issue at all.

But they already do that now. If they ever actually captured the legislature, there would be pressure to liberalize abortion laws.

[RINO Tom]

I mean, until they felt pressure from the national party, most local Southern Democrats WERE pro-life until the mid-2000s.  The Alabama Democratic Party's platform, for example, literally stated that it believed in the right to life and supported overturning Roe v. Wade.

[Young Conservative]

I mean, until they felt pressure from the national party, most local Southern Democrats WERE pro-life until the mid-2000s.  The Alabama Democratic Party's platform, for example, literally stated that it believed in the right to life and supported overturning Roe v. Wade.

They could still be competitive if the national party didn't shun social conservatives

[libertpaulian]

I mean, until they felt pressure from the national party, most local Southern Democrats WERE pro-life until the mid-2000s.  The Alabama Democratic Party's platform, for example, literally stated that it believed in the right to life and supported overturning Roe v. Wade.

They could still be competitive if the national party didn't shun social conservatives

THIS.

There are plenty of people in the South who are socially conservative but may be moderate-to-left leaning in their economics, somewhat like the CDU in Germany.

[Person Man]

What would it mean in libertarian leaning states? Or culturally polarized ones like Florida, Pennsylvania, or even Colorado?